The reports of a possible plea deal between Netanyahu and Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit are stirring the political system, with the coalition fearing the integrity of the government if such a deal is indeed signed.
The fear is that if Netanyahu leaves the political system on the right side of the government (new hope, right) there will be no interest in continuing the partnership with Meretz, Labor and Ra'am and they will try to form a government based on right-wing parties.
"Netanyahu is the strongest glue of this government," says a source in the coalition. "It is absurd to say that if Netanyahu leaves in a short time, the government may disintegrate. As soon as Netanyahu leaves, it is a new game. The map opens. Each of the political players will have a lot of options."
The contacts will have political consequences.
Netanyahu and Mandelblit (archive photo), Photo: Mark Israel Salem
As for the Likud, in the event that Netanyahu leaves the Likud constitution is clear - the Likud has 21 days to elect a temporary chairman, in practice they will do so within a few days, even up to ten days only, and after 90 days go to the primaries. Alternative government.
The working assumption that the position in which the right-wing parties are located makes it very difficult for them, and the fact that this is a government that leans on the edge of a vote makes it difficult as well and therefore feverish contacts are likely to be made to form another government.
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