A senior ruling party official who spoke with Netanyahu: "Prime Minister believes a compromise can be reached on the budget, but will not agree to a biennial in any way" • Report: Netanyahu demanded a series of changes in the agreement between them to prevent elections • Today: Knesset expected to approve by preliminary reading The postponement of the budget decision

• Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Bnei Gantz // Photo: Paul

Although the Knesset is expected to promote a temporary solution to the political crisis today, the stability of the coalition continues to deteriorate. Behind the scenes in recent days, Prime Minister Netanyahu has demanded that Defense Minister Gantz agree to a series of changes to the coalition agreement signed between the parties, Daphne Liel reported last night in News 12.

According to the report, Netanyahu demands a change in the method of appointing gatekeepers - the state attorney general and the police commissioner - and dismantling the professional committee that was supposed to be set up, so that the power returns to politicians. In addition, Netanyahu seeks protection from High Court intervention in the second half of the term. , And an immediate go-to election if the Supreme Court justices decide to disqualify him as an alternate prime minister because of the indictments against him. This is against the background of the fact that the current agreement gives it protection for only half a year. Of the two conditions presented by Netanyahu, the last will be that blue and white will be very difficult to accept. The issue of the budget is only a secondary part of the negotiations between the parties, and it seems that the matter stands hostage to the allocation of political improvements.

The Likud said that "the budget can pass as early as this morning if Gantz agrees to the changes. On the other hand, in blue and white they presented their own demand - to immediately approve the amendment that will give them equality in government decisions."

At the same time, a senior Likud official who spoke with Netanyahu in recent days told Israel Today that the prime minister sounds like a believer that a compromise can be found, but that he says there will be no biennial budget under any circumstances. "The prime minister has a character. No ultimatums are given to him. He believes there is still time to find a compromise."

"Discover public responsibility"

Against this background, the Likud and Blue and White announced that they intend to vote today in a preliminary reading in favor of the bill of MK Zvi Hauser (Derech Eretz) seeking to postpone the deadline for submitting the state budget. On the question of the budget, one-year as required by the Likud or biennial As is demanded in blue and white, there is still no agreement. The vote in the Knesset today is a kind of willingness between the parties to continue talks and try to find a compromise on the matter. It should be noted that it has not yet been determined when the bill will be approved on first reading. To prevent the dispersal of the Knesset.

Yesterday, after a heated debate, the Knesset committee approved the acceleration of the legislative proceedings of the bill in a procedure known as "exemption from the obligation to discount." "The critical issue before us, the elected representatives, is whether the Knesset will punish the public in the run-up to the election," MK Hauser said at the hearing. "The opposition wants to punish the coalition, but why punish the public? I call on my friends to show maturity and public responsibility and give time to stabilize the coalition. Stop tossing this house. "

The ultimatum that did not work

As you may recall, on Tuesday, blue-and-white chairman Bnei Gantz issued a sort of ultimatum to Netanyahu in order to advance MK Hauser's bill. In blue and white, they threatened that if they did not respond, they would vote in favor of the bill of chairman Yesh Atid MK Yair Lapid, which demands that a criminal defendant be banned from forming a government. Despite this, the ultimatum expired without Netanyahu responding to the demand - and yet they announced in blue and white that they would not participate in the vote on Yesh Atid's bill.

"Our principled position on the issue has not changed and will not change, but at this time, it is merely an attempt to undermine the stability of the entire political system," they noted in blue and white. "In the midst of one of the worst crises in the country's history, we choose to do anything to prevent elections. The economy. "

As stated, the plenum will today discuss a bill by Yesh Atid aimed at preventing the president from imposing the government train on the person against whom an indictment was filed, in an attempt to prevent Netanyahu from trying to form a new government under his leadership. An examination of the representatives of all the factions in the Knesset shows that the chances of Yesh Atid gaining a majority are extremely slim, because all the representatives of the coalition will oppose the vote, and the right-wing faction from the opposition will also oppose. On the other hand, the joint list factions and Yisrael Beiteinu will support the proposal.

Ganz was hospitalized for back surgery

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ganz was expected to enter early in the morning for back surgery, in order to overcome an injury that has been dragging on since his military service and has worsened in recent months. This is a surgical procedure that is expected to take several hours. Last night he showed up at Sheba Medical Center and began a series of tests before surgery, accompanied by the medical staff of the orthopedic department.