Against the background of the cracks and frictions:
Coalition members went out today (Friday) for a formation day in the "Ahuza" hall in Modi'in, when Gideon Saar, the RAAM party and Nitzan Horowitz, who is visiting Germany, were absent from the event.
Last Sunday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced a formation activity, starring Adir Miller and Einat Shroff at the Gray Club in Yehud, but since the place does not have a kosher certificate, the event was transferred to the Modiin ballroom.
Formation of the coalition in Modiin // Photo: without credit,
Ayelet Shaked said before entering the event: "Nice event, very nice initiative, next week we will have a budget. Everything is fine, calm, under control sometimes nervous people and it's fine, natural and human".
As you may recall, in News 12 it was revealed this week that Ayelet Shaked said in closed conversations that were recorded and leaked that Foreign Minister Lapid was carrying out political attacks when he met with world leaders, and also called him "superficial."
Lapid and Shaked broadcast business as usual despite the recordings // Photo: without credit,
Yesterday in News 12, Prime Minister Bennett's statements were also revealed, in which he estimated that the rotation with Lapid would not take place, and that the government would disintegrate with considerable probability.
Earlier today, Yair Lapid referred to the recordings that were leaked on his Twitter account: "I have talked quite a bit in the last two days with Naftali, with Ayelet, with all the coalition leaders. I told everyone the same thing: our test is to know what is important and what is not important. "If they succeed, it will mainly hurt the citizens of Israel. Then we will make sure that they do not succeed. This government, the government of change and healing, is the right thing for the state."
Tamar Zandberg on arrival at the formation // Photo: Yehonatan Shaul,
Dozens demonstrated against the budget outside the assembly hall
Meanwhile, social activists who are members of the Poverty Tax Coalition have demonstrated against the budget they call the "poverty tax" outside the hall where the formation takes place.
As part of the protest, dozens of activists are standing at the entrance to the events complex, with a huge food package next to them, through which they convey the message that families who will have to pay higher amounts for their livelihoods will fall below the poverty line.
Demonstrators against the budget outside the coalition formation hall // Photo: No credit,
Along with the huge representative placed at the venue, activists distribute basic food products to government members entering the event, explaining to them that the current budget brings with it a series of harsh decrees aimed at hurting the weakest sections of the population, such as taxation on soft drinks, public transportation, disposable utensils. Electricity and more.
