Netanyahu was a winning horse, but he set himself an expiration date • His actions left the Likud ministers confused and with an ego damaged - and from there things began to disintegrate • Commentary

Netanyahu did not appreciate the magnitude of the Likud's resistance to the crumbs he left to part with his party members. It started with Uncle Amsalem.

Bennett and Shaked against Netanyahu-Gantz's government // Photo: Ami Shamir

The current Minister of Communications demanded the Jerusalem Portfolio, which he had been promised and which had since been handed over to Rabbi Rafi Peretz in exchange for his retirement from the right and joining the coalition. This continued in her age, Gamaliel, who refused to be appointed to a portfolio consisting of a fragment taken from the Ministry of Education and placed in a large package for her. And the climax was when Tzachi Hanegbi and Avi Dichter announced they would boycott the swearing-in because they were not appointed ministers. Although he was sent outside and Gilad Arden was sent to New York, which gave Netanyahu two or three more cases, Netanyahu could not satisfy Harry with his handful.

And perhaps the distribution of files is just a symptom of the much larger malfunction that the government has established in its current format. There was hardly a Likud minister who did not ask himself in recent weeks where Netanyahu was running. Why the world's most polished politician is quick to sign Benny Gantz - after he has disbanded all his assets and his party - on an equitable government agreement with both parts far from being such, to completely abandon the judiciary and media reform, give the left-wing representative the rule a year and a half away Surveys that indicate a huge victory to the right. There are many hypotheses. Clear answers - much less.

Netanyahu was the winning horse of the right. The constituents of the right block have been able to maintain this property over and over again, even though it has recently been less successful. But from the moment the prime minister, probably one of the most successful in the history of the country, set an expiry date, he actually lost his most valuable asset. As long as he was the only player on the field, everything revolved around him. But as the aura begins to fade, you suddenly find that there are more objects on the field. Likud ministers and MKs start to think about the day after; the day they will have to stand on their own and fight for their place regardless of whether they supported or harassed Netanyahu. 

Then things start to crumble. Sooner than expected. Politicians smell weakness. And when they are personally injured, the ego also takes action and names in relationships that until a minute ago were normal. In the establishment of the current government, Netanyahu buys himself some bitter opponents at home and mainly harms himself. 

Bennett said at a press conference yesterday with senior officials that from today the opposition will present a "governing alternative". A little pretentious on the part of a six-member leader, who went down to five yesterday, to challenge the leadership against a 36-seat leader, but the direction is clear. In recent Likud announcements, the party spokesman emphasized "the Bennett era." In fact, the only clear thing is that the swearing-in of the new government on Sunday will mark the end of the Netanyahu era. And whoever decided on it is none other than himself.