If Bnei Gantz sees importance in fighting the virus and restoring stability, he must admit that it does not work with two heads with a veto • He too can not be a prime minister without real governance • During the Corona crisis nothing is resolved - on the contrary, everything becomes cumbersome • Opinion
Netanyahu (on the right) and Ganz (on the left). Going to the polls?
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Amit Shabi - Archive
This government's time is up. What looks like a duck, goes like a duck - and so on. And if one cliché is not enough, we will add another: this duck is lame. As the days go by, the picture becomes clearer: at the war table in Corona, friends gathered whose purpose is not the war in Corona.
Like it or not, during the transitional government it seemed that ministers like Naftali Bennett or Aryeh Deri or Yaakov Litzman attacked the Corona, each in his own office. There is a longing for the transitional government, in which the Attorney General's voice was not a castrating voice. None of the blue and white ministers show any signs of energy in general, and in relation to the struggle in Corona in particular.
After a heated debate: The government approved the composition of the Corona cabinet // Photo: GPO
Blue and white heads did not bring political experience with them, but is it possible to hope for some performance from people who nevertheless reached the top of the IDF? The growing impression is that in the end, it is a culture of giving and fulfilling orders, not policy-making; This is how the idea of sovereignty was eliminated, this is how the understanding was eliminated that if there is no comprehensive reform in the world of law enforcement, then at least there will be amendments here and there.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry, headed by Obama, is in favor of Obama's nuclear deal, and the former chairman of the Histadrut runs his office according to the code of operation of a powerful virtual party, the Saladin Party. The fears of many Likud supporters and national camp members were justified. Did not work, and the payment in the currency of privacy did not buy any advantage or achievement in the struggle in Corona, on the contrary, everything became cumbersome and petty.
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The implication is one: it's time to unpack the package. If the annual budget does not pass towards the end of August, we go to the polls. This is one option that should not be feared, but can also be avoided. There is also an option to repeal the alternate prime minister law. This requires 70 seats, and there is good reason to estimate that Lapid will want to be a partner in a move that will in fact eliminate both Gantz and Ashkenazi's political status. A third option is constructive distrust, in which the Knesset will vote by 61 votes on an agreed candidate for prime minister: it is difficult, but compared to a fourth campaign, it is possible.
And there is a fourth option - and it is in the hands of Bnei Gantz: if he sees importance in the struggle in Corona and in restoring stability to the system, he should admit that it does not work with two heads with mutual veto rights; Nor will he be able to be prime minister without real governance. Therefore: give up the privacy, give up the rotation, and agree to go to the polls at the end of the corona crisis. The government that will operate until then will be based on fairness: blue and white will have to compromise on core issues - depending on their size and their relative share in the coalition, while the Likud will have to go very much in their direction.
It should be remembered: the criticism that is heard outside also applies to Ganz, and it is not wrapped in a bloc that gives it a source of power and legitimacy. He will be able to serve as defense minister with a full public aura, and there is a huge chance that his shares will go up in a government capable of doing something. Naftali Bennett.