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Eugene

(62,658 posts)
Thu Dec 22, 2022, 07:31 AM Dec 2022

Israel's most right-wing government agreed under Benjamin Netanyahu

Source: BBC

Israel's most right-wing government agreed under Benjamin Netanyahu

22 December 2022

By Raffi Berg
BBC News

A new government seen as the most right-wing in Israel's history has been agreed, sealing Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power.

Mr Netanyahu, who won elections in November, is set to serve an historic sixth term as prime minster.

His coalition contains far-right parties, including one whose leader was once convicted of anti-Arab racism.

Palestinians fear the new government will also strengthen Israel's hold on the occupied West Bank.

"I have managed [to form a government]," Mr Netanyahu tweeted, just minutes before a midnight local time (22:00 GMT) deadline set by the Israeli President, Isaac Herzog.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63942616

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Israel's most right-wing government agreed under Benjamin Netanyahu (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2022 OP
Netanyahu refuses to go away. Maybe try a stake thru the heart? brush Dec 2022 #1
In a span of 30 years sabbat hunter Jan 2023 #2
Always look on the bright side ;) Israeli Jan 2023 #3

sabbat hunter

(6,893 posts)
2. In a span of 30 years
Tue Jan 10, 2023, 04:14 PM
Jan 2023

we have gone from Israeli government condemning Baruch Goldstein, to a government consisting of people that praise Goldstein, think he was a hero.

It is a travesty.

Israeli

(4,300 posts)
3. Always look on the bright side ;)
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 06:16 AM
Jan 2023

Israeli politics are never boring .
You think you have seen it all and then ....kaboom !!!

Netanyahu Gets a Political Crisis - and a Personal Message - From the High Court

By insisting he will not resign his ministry, Arye Dery has rolled a live grenade at the feet of the prime minister.

Arye Dery actually called the score in advance – 10 to 1. He rightly foresaw that 10 of the 11 justices hearing the appeals against his appointment would instruct Benjamin Netanyahu to fire him, and that Justice Yosef Elron will remain in the minority opinion.

This was the reason that in the days preceding the verdict’s publication, senior Shas figures made explicit threats, aimed at Netanyahu too: If Dery won’t be a minister, there will be no government.

The prime minister and his partner understand well that they are now in a very tangled legal and political bind. To them, the verdict is an almost insurmountable obstacle. Or as a senior legal observer put it, “they locked them up on all sides, and threw the key down a well.”

Source : https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-19/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-gets-a-political-crisis-and-a-personal-message-from-the-high-court/00000185-c733-d3a8-a3cf-c733f4f90000

Let me know if you cant read it all and I will try to get you the full article .

This changes the whole game .
Whats good for Deri has to be the same for Bibi .

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