Israel's government collapses, not with a bang but a whimper, triggering fourth election in 2 years

[sabbat hunter]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/middleeast/israel-government-collapses-intl/index.html

Bibi will probably come out of new elections somehow strengthened, despite ongoing corruption charges, with Blue and White losing support.

[bullimiami]

1. i dont understand how that corrupt pos keeps staying in power.

[sfstaxprep]

2. I Don't Understand How 74 Million Voted For Drumpf

They have a lot of Idiots over there, just like we do here.

[bullimiami]

3. true words. sucks to be human sometimes.

[Israeli]

4. Not this time ......

Bibi's goose is cooked .......the anti-Netanyahu wing of the Knesset now polls at 75-77 seats.

Worry more about who might replace him , it wont be Gantz thats for sure .

[sabbat hunter]

5. That anti Bibi

wing consists of a bunch of right wing parties, Arab Joint list (which is beset by its own internal squabbling) and a myriad of left, and left of center parties. Those left/left of center parties will have to unite into a joint list of their own, or they could be on the outside looking in with not enough votes to even have seats in Knesset.

Is that fairly accurate?

[Israeli]

6. I was answering your comment

" Bibi will probably come out of new elections somehow strengthened, despite ongoing corruption charges "

I dont agree , read this and pay attention to who wrote it .....Limor Livnat !!!
Likud is crumbling from within

Netanyahu is no longer the master of the game

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1H00Dngav

The political board has been upended. Most of the Israeli public might be right-wing, but they are not necessarily Likud voters.

As for your last post ......they are all juggling right now , who can tell what might happen .
I for one would love to see the Centralists join with the Left and the Arab joint list but im not holding my breath

[sabbat hunter]

8. Right now the

Joint Arab List may not be a joint list from what I have been reading. Lots of internal squabbling. I am also worried that some of the center left/left wing parties may not cross the threshold. And if they do cross the threshold they will be small in numbers and weak.

And the center right/Right wing is just as splintered. Going to take a lot of work to get a working coalition together.
Can you imagine a coalition of Lieberman, Sa'ar. and whomever else the can convince to join a coalition? I am not sure they would have enough mandates to get to 61. Both Lieberman and Sa'ar have said they won't join a coalition with Bibi. I know Lieberman also said he won't join one with any coalition with the religious parties. Has Sa'ar made any similar proclamations?

Is there any chance that Likud will dump Bibi? If that happens all bets are off on what the next election will bring.

If Bibi is still in charge, there may be another round of stalemated elections IMHO.

[Israeli]

9. my disagreement with you is ....

" Bibi will probably come out of new elections somehow strengthened, despite ongoing corruption charges "

He wont , not this time .

lots of internal squabbling between all parties as they juggle for power .

one to watch out for last elections was Benny Gantz ......today its Ron Huldai

https://www.isracast.com/latest-israeli-opinion-poll-indicates-netanyahu-may-lose-upcoming-election/

[Israeli]

7. Also

Zeev Elkin blew us all away on live television .

There is a good article about it on Haaretz but its a subscriber-only article.

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