The right-wing demonstration expected tonight (Wednesday) received a significant boost with Idit Silman's decision to resign from the coalition.
What would have seemed like a distant dream, with a government whose entire parts are united and with a serious urge to continue together to the end, began to disintegrate earlier today than expected with the loss of the coalition majority.
If they do not find an alternative until the Knesset resumes, Bennett will have to lay down the keys.
A government without a majority in the Knesset and without a safety net from any other party from the opposition cannot function.
"They did not properly assess her intentions": Bennett and Shaked, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
This is probably what Bennett and Lapid will now try to do in the few weeks they have left.
It will be a gathering battle.
If the incident had taken place several months ago, they would easily have found MKs from the joint list who would do so. They have already proved that there is no inhibition for the stability of the chair.
But in the meantime, Tibi has also replaced a diskette.
If in the vote on the formation of the government he was absent from the plenum to make sure that it has a majority and only after it became clear that he had come out of hiding and voted against its formation, then in recent weeks he, Odeh and their friends joined the anti-government vote with a stated intention to overthrow.
The more the PLO planted itself in the coalition, the more they intensified their attacks from the opposition.
Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, Photo: Yossi Zeliger
At the top right, Bennett and Shaked, did not expect Silman to come out bad.
Even after she clarified that for her, Nitzan Horowitz could not be a minister in a Jewish state, the two underestimated her intentions and thought that this was merely an attempt to grab headlines.
Bennett even managed to treat her remarks with condescending contempt when he told reporters during his visit to the Judea and Samaria Division that it was not acceptable for him to issue an ultimatum and threats. Would have prevented Silman's trouble.
As the coalition tries to find Silman's missing finger to survive another seat and reach August in peace, the Likud and the opposition will do everything they can to prevent such a situation.
Not a safety net from any MK and maybe even widening the circle of rebels from the ranks of the coalition and adding another one or two to Silman that will widen the gap. .
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