Recent developments in the coalition, and the resignation of MK Idit Silman, may take us back to the days when none of the political leaders were able to form a government.
The language of the scales now in the coalition is the Arab Knesset members on behalf of Ra'am, and in the opposition the Arab Knesset members on behalf of the joint list. .
Although the power of Knesset members from the Arab parties is 10 seats.
But the Knesset cannot form any coalition, and the opposition cannot overthrow the coalition without cooperating with part of the Arab Knesset.
Passed the language of Libra to the Arab Knesset members.
Edith Silman, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
In terms of PM, she only has something to lose if she decides to resign from the coalition and cause the Knesset to dissolve and go to the polls, because it is not certain that her public base remains or will remain the same base that she will reach the election in three or four months. So on paper in the coalition agreement.
On the other hand, the joint list fights twice, maybe even more, once in the opposition because it can not align with the line led by opposition leaders and can not be under the wings of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, and once in the coalition because it opposes the government and its components. Who led a historic decision and showed great courage when he decided to join the coalition for the first time since the establishment of the state.
The joint list, despite the statement of all its members who are willing to go to the polls, will find it difficult to be the leading factor in the election as it is unable and unable to go and vote with the opposition even at the cost of far-reaching promises from potential ministers.
In their next coalition there is excellent personal contact with the members of the joint, however it will have a hard time forming an alternative and new coalition and making Netanyahu king again, if that happens, it could lead to the deletion of the joint list and the intensification of MK Abbas' forces.
In any case, we have reached a situation where Israeli politics cannot function in the Knesset without the Arab Knesset members being part of every game.
Although this does not put them at the center of influence but certainly at the center of interest, such a situation could bring them back to the margins if "just not Bibi" parties unite around a new Likud leader and thus have a majority of more than 65 MKs from different parties.
MKs from the joint list, Photo: Yonatan Zindel / Flash 90
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