It’s possible that Bibi, exhausted from putting out PR fires from his new coalition partners, might prefer to join forces with centrists like Lapid and Gantz. The left, tired of Ben-Gvir’s inflammatory rhetoric and policies, may embrace Bibi with open arms.
Netanyahu is in a rush to name his new government before January 2 and first order of business will be an override bill that allows the parliament to set aside Supreme Court decisions.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has until Dec. 21 to form the most extreme government in the history of the country, complete with ultranationalists, religious Zionists and far-right Cabinet members. The Likud leader has no challenger, but if he fails to hammer together a coalition government before the deadline, Israel will find itself once more