BOMBSHELL: Israel’s Left-Wing Government Is Coming Down, New Elections Imminent

Israel government loses majority as religious lawmaker quits….. missing Netanyahu much?  The Israeli left trumped him. And now this. The law of unintended consequences is always on our side.

Netanyahu, Israeli right-wing political leaders and organizations organized a protest rally in Jerusalem Wednesday evening, in the wake of a rising wave of terrorism and after the shocking resignation of former Yamina MK and coalition MK Idit Silman earlier in the day.

Bombshell: Coalition Chair Silman Leaves, Coalition No Longer Has a Majority

By: David Israel, Jewish Press, April 6, 2022 0

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Coalition Chairwoman Idit Silman and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, July 12, 2021.

Less than ten months after its establishment, the Bennett government is losing its majority in the Knesset and coming closer than ever to its demise, after Coalition Chairwoman Idit Silman has announced it is retiring from the coalition amid deep ideological disagreements with the leftist partners, N12’s Amit Segal reported Wednesday morning.

“I can’t do it any longer,” she told her associates, according to Segal.

On Tuesday, Silman issued an ultimatum regarding Meretz Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz’s directive to hospitals to permit visitors to bring in chametz over the Passover holiday. She received no backing from her party’s chairman, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who instead urged her not to give him ultimatums.

Bennett reportedly learned of the decision from a post by reporter Amit Segal – the political equivalent of coming home to find all his clothes on the grass lawn.

Hell hath no fury like a coalition chairwoman scorned. Who would have thunk that the left-leaning Lapid-Bennett coalition would collapse over a misogynistic putdown…?

Silman subsequently informed Bennett in a letter on Wednesday mid-morning that she is quitting his coalition and taking his 61st vote with her.

Silman’s move will have dramatic repercussions: once the coalition has dropped from 61 to 60, it no longer has a majority for passing any law in the Knesset. If it tries to solicit support from the Joint Arab List, this would likely result in even more right-wing members leaving. And so, when the Knesset comes back from its spring break in about five weeks, the opposition would be one vote short of toppling the government and the country goes to new elections.

Silman, however, signaled that she didn’t see a new election as the only option, but spoke instead of getting other right-wing members to jump ship and form a new government now.

There are rumors that Yamina MK Nir Orbach may be next to quit, possibly even later today. The Likud has since made Silman an offer for a position in the next government, which will be incentive for other politicians to make their move quickly while there are still jobs to hand out.

“I will end my membership in the coalition and will continue to try to persuade my friends to return home and form a right-wing government,” she said. “I know I’m not the only one who feels that way. … It is possible to form another government already in this Knesset.”

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