Bennett's First Priority - Forming a Right - wing Government | Israel today

Chairman right plays on the Likud field, but does not rule out walking with Lapid and Saar • All his demands regarding senior positions will be met, but rotation is out of the question • Interpretation

Naftali Bennett broadcasts that as long as the mandate to form a government with Netanyahu, all of Bennett's own efforts are directed to the success of the establishment process, and therefore any other government is irrelevant for the next 28 days.

Accordingly, Bennett rejected repeated attempts by Yair Lapid and Gideon Saar to advance on Channel Two as well, the one designed to form a government that would oust Netanyahu and lean on left-wing parties.

In the Likud is boiling.

That is not enough, they say in Netanyahu's entourage.

As long as Bennett broadcasts that there is another option, it will be impossible to form a government.

Everyone understands that if Netanyahu fails, they are not going to the elections yet, because now it will be Bennett and Lapid's turn.

Bennett after Netanyahu was given the mandate: "The government should reflect the will of the people" // Photo: Knesset Channel

Ayelet Shaked is not moved by the criticism.

"Our priority is to form a right-wing government," she states.

"Once Netanyahu has received the mandate, everything will be done to help him succeed. This is our first priority."

Shaked does not specify the type of assistance that Bennett will provide to Netanyahu, nor the list of demands.

Bennett made Netanyahu understand that in any situation in which he would get a government - he could count the fingers of members of the right as those who would vote with him, subject of course to the success of the negotiations and the fulfillment of demands. "Bennett will support.

But beyond that, it does not seem that Bennett intends to sweat for the formation of a government headed by Netanyahu.

All of Bennett's demands regarding senior positions in the government, a merger with the Likud and active armor in the movement's institutions will be met.

This is how Netanyahu can be understood.

The only thing that is out of the question at the moment - rotation.

Certainly not first, and currently not second either.

From the moment he received the mandate, Netanyahu set the priorities for forming a government, from easy to heavy.

The first move Netanyahu will try is to try to get Bezalel Smutrich off the tree.

The chairman of Religious Zionism announced that there is nothing to talk about a government that relies on the voices of the RAAM and therefore this is not on the agenda.

But Netanyahu has not yet said he is desperate.

In the coming days, the prime minister intends to spend several nights trying to persuade Smutrich to be flexible on the matter.

He will turn to rabbis, opinion leaders in the religious community, key activists in religious Zionism, and will turn every stone to succeed.

For Netanyahu, RAAM is easy money. Its avoidance, and there is a government within two days.

To the extent that nothing helps and Smutrich sticks to his position, Netanyahu will try to lead a move in which religious Zionism will support the government from the outside without entering it.

Currently Smutrich completely denies this option as well.

The full article tomorrow in "Israel This Week"