If the election is brought forward, Naftali Bennett may be the tongue in cheek • Although a right-wing chairman, he is no longer in Netanyahu's pocket • Ganz did not play the game of a true partner - and will see the aquarium in the Prime Minister's Office only as a guest • Commentary
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu // Photo: Adina Wallman, Knesset Spokeswoman
Despite the Likud's announcement that they will support the budget deferral law initiated by Yoaz Handel and Zvika Hauser, which would have seemed for a moment like the beginning of a compromise that would end the crisis and prevent elections, it seems that the road to calm is still far away. Netanyahu is determined to get another exit station for the dissolution of the government, while Ganz is equally determined to prevent it from happening. In the middle, due to the tense situation, are the middle men, the scales, those who have already decided systems and in their power, it seems, will decide this time as well.
The law in question, to postpone the deadline for the submission of the state budget, was brought by a faction of only two MKs. After the Likud and the ultra-Orthodox announced that they support the law, and after Blue and White also adopted it, The whole.
The previous time this happened was when the two refused to sit in a minority government, made up of left-wing parties and Yisrael Beiteinu, which relies on the support of the joint Arab list. The current government is largely the result of the two's determination, which has brought Ganz to the realization that he has no other choice.
Others too could have jumped at the chance to be the tongue in cheek. The Labor Party, for example. It also has two or three MKs today, depending on who is writing. Proper use of the situation could have positioned it as a party from the Kingdom of Kings, as it was in the not-too-distant past.
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If the election is brought forward, the tongue in cheek may be Naftali Bennett. Although he is on the right, he is no longer in Netanyahu's pocket. If the prime minister lacks recommendations for the president compared to the other side, Bennett will be able to determine whether he will accept the mandate or not.
Netanyahu said in an interview with Channel 20 yesterday that Ganz will be able to accept the prime minister's job if he starts acting as a partner, and will not create difficulties in the government's decisions that are to be made in cooperation. It is possible that Netanyahu did not mean a word he said, and that in his heart he believes that the election is imminent in any case. In practice, if Ganz had been playing the game of true partner for a year and a half, the prime minister would have had great difficulty in not complying with the rotation agreement, and would have had to hand over the leadership to him at the appointed time. Ganz thinks he will build himself if he conducts himself differently, and the price is, it seems, that he will see the aquarium in the coveted bureau from the inside only as a guest.
