Clashes in the coalition again:
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett may have asked his cabinet members to "hold back with the tweets" until the budget is approved, but it seems that the coalition is facing friction almost every two days.
In the last two days, angry voices have been heard, mainly from Meretz, following the decision of Defense Minister Bnei Gantz to outlaw six "human rights" organizations, claiming that they deal with terrorism, and the announcement by Housing Minister Zeev Elkin to build 1,300 housing units in Judea and Samaria. .
At the same time, despite the frictions and sharp statements of Meretz members against the government, the party does not intend to "step up" or dismantle the government.
At the moment, it seems that the intention is to vote together with the coalition in the upcoming elections and to settle for condemnations that are mainly intended to put pressure on the right-wing members of the coalition and calm the "base" of Meretz.
It's time to start talking about the fact that Meretz and Labor are sitting in the right-wing government in full @ meretzparty @HavodaParty https://t.co/FnxhjTc7D2
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MK Yair Golan said today (Sunday) that "defining organizations as terrorist organizations and approving construction in Judea and Samaria require clarification in the government. If we abandon the system of agreements in the government, it will have no right to exist and will disintegrate spontaneously. "Irresponsible and wrong that will bring us to a situation where we can not agree."
"The decision to build 1,300 units in Judea and Samaria should be made with government consent and not with the unilateral announcement of the Minister of Housing, it is not responsible," he said.
Golan added: "I understand Elkin's plight with his constituents, I understand that he has no 'base' to return to, but that is not how a unity government is run. Things should be talked about before they are taken out and not after. The principle should be a dialogue in advance. Declare a final move. This is not the way to go. This government's alternative is a coalition of corrupt, nationalists, extremists and ultra-Orthodox. Every citizen and politician in the coalition will think what he wants. If we are in a national unity government that has right or left, To embarrass one side. "
MK Yair Golan in the Knesset, Photo: Yonatan Zindel / Flash 90
MK Musi Raz of Meretz also referred to the announcement on the marketing of housing units in Judea and Samaria and said that "Elkin announced the marketing of more than 1,300 housing units in the occupied territories, a right-wing government does not count Meretz. Construction in settlements outside Israel harms Israel."
MK Aida Toma-Suleiman from the joint list told him “Musi my friend, you have a voice and the ability to stop these moves that deepen the occupation and suppress the struggle against the occupation.
Tweets are really not enough. "
Minister Elkin responded to Meretz's anger and said: "I do not determine for them whether they will meet with Abu Mazen - so they will not determine for me whether there will be a freeze in Judea and Samaria."
