The sources estimated that the Minister of Justice plans to return to the party and therefore he is trying to torpedo the emerging agreements • Israel Today has learned that the parties will probably agree to postpone the budget transfer deadline to the end of January The election
The political crisis continues:
with the background of the talks between the Blue and White and Likud teams continuing in order to reach a compromise, Likud and Blue and White officials told Israel Today that Justice Minister Nissenkorn is trying to torpedo the understandings between the parties.
Nissenkorn is estimated to be doing so as a preliminary step to leaving Blue and White and returning to the Labor Party.
The sources also stated that according to their assessment, Nissenkorn will return to the Labor Party as stated and is expected to join Yair Lapid in the future.
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On the other hand, as the cracks in blue and white grow, there is a possible compromise between the Likud and blue and white that could prevent Israeli citizens from going to the polls for the fourth time in four years.
Israel Today has learned that the parties will probably agree to postpone the date of the budget transfer to the end of January.
At the same time, in blue and white, they emphasize that they will not agree to postpone the rotation date, and stressed that if there is no postponement of the budget and the government disintegrates, Ganz will be appointed prime minister by the time of the election.
As is well known, if the state budget for 2020 is not approved by midnight the next day, Israel will go to the polls for the fourth time in two years and will take place on March 22, 2021. Meanwhile, as of midnight, advanced contacts between the Likud and Blue and White Not negligible in political negotiations.
Earlier, no significant breakthrough was recorded in the talks between the parties over the weekend.
A senior Likud source told Israel Today this morning: "We are pessimistic."
At the same time, the source involved in the negotiations said: "Nissenkorn is putting sticks in the wheels and doing everything in his power to thwart the negotiations and overthrow Ganz." Senior Likud officials added:
Ganz is interested in a settlement but the difficult obstacle is the reduction of Nissenkorn's powers.
It appears that if there is an agreement, the Knesset will enact a law that will postpone the deadline for approving the 2020 budget for a month. "
As reported last October in "Israel Today", officials in blue and white confirmed last night that they would be willing to postpone the budget a bit, for a clear outline in which Prime Minister Netanyahu will have no exit points for the election. This correctness apparently contradicts Gantz's remarks on Facebook on Friday: "I led Blue and White and formed a unity government with Netanyahu because of the Corona epidemic and the epidemic of schism and division, and we will leave the government only if it works to eradicate both.
There will be no compromises. "
The parties have only two days to try to prevent elections, and not only has there been no rapprochement but both sides, it seems, are climbing trees that will be difficult to get off.
The Likud demands the removal of Nissenkorn from the Ministry of Justice or a reduction in his powers, and in blue and white declare that there is no chance that such a thing will happen.
The Likud also demands a postponement of the rotation - which is also opposed in blue and white.
These are the four options
In blue and white, they mainly oppose the Likud's demands, but also continue to insist on transferring the budget, even after the deadline they set, but in setting even clearer rivets.
Also, appoint senior officials who are delayed.
In the next two days, it is possible that even today, the picture will become clearer and we will know for sure where the Knesset is headed.
One possibility is that the Likud and Blue and White will reach an agreement on the budget and the elections will be postponed for at least a few months.
The chances of that are slim.
A second option is for the Likud to succeed in convincing its right-wing leader Naftali Bennett to join the coalition.
A third possibility is that there will be no agreement on the state budget for 2020 until Tuesday at midnight, and then we go to the polls - the chances of that are high.
The last alternative, which has a particularly low chance, is that the law to dissolve the Knesset will be approved next Monday in the first reading and then in the second and third readings - and the elections will take place at a time to be agreed between the factions.
Building on the effect of vaccines
Simultaneously with the debate over the approval of the state budget between the Likud and Blue and White leaders, the initiative to approve the law to dissolve the Knesset and bring forward the elections is also lazily underway.
This bill was approved by the Knesset committee for first reading, but Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin was in no hurry to bring it to the Knesset plenum for approval.
From the conduct of Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, it is clear that he is making every effort to postpone the debate and the vote on dissolving the Knesset on first reading, in order to delay the final approval of the law. A senior official in blue and white said the debate in the Knesset Levin, as the Likud's representative, opposes the approval of the law to dissolve the Knesset in the second and third readings, because he hopes that by Tuesday midnight a compromise formula will be found on the budget and then it will be possible to postpone the election for several months.
As is well known, the Likud prefers that the elections be held in May or June and not in March, after the entire public has been vaccinated and the number of sick and dead from Corona has decreased significantly.
MK Moshe Ya'alon wrote last night on his Facebook account that "the continuation of the bad government or dragging the citizens of Israel to the elections, in the midst of a very serious national health and economic crisis, are lawlessness with heavy prices." In his opinion, "The immediate way to end the government is through Constructive trust. "
Shas chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri, last night demanded that Netanyahu and Magnetz "find a solution tonight to prevent elections."
