Netanyahu to the leaders of the opposition: A plea deal is not on the table, the government will fall soon

The leaders of the opposition factions met at Ze'ev Fortress to prepare for the return of the Knesset retreat, where it was decided to put on the agenda a proposal to dissolve the Knesset.

According to Netanyahu, "they are going to replace the government or the elections."

Likud: "Government has no public legitimacy"

Yaki Adamkar

08/05/2022

Sunday, 08 May 2022, 12:05 Updated: 13:13

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"A plea deal was dropped."

Netanyahu (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu met today (Sunday) with the leaders of the opposition factions

at Mevad Ze'ev and said that a plea deal in the Alps case is out of the question.

At the end of the meeting, the Likud stated that "at the meeting, a determined and united struggle for the overthrow of the government was agreed upon in a short time.

The government has lost the majority in the Knesset - it has no public legitimacy and it is illegitimate. "

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On the way to a meeting of the leaders of the opposition factions.

Smutrich (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Meanwhile, against the background of the political crisis and preparations for the opening of the Knesset's summer conference, the government convened today for its weekly meeting, and is expected to approve in an expedited procedure the budget for assistance to businesses and self-employed who were affected during the Omicron wave.

This, following the demand of Deputy Minister Avir Kara (right), as part of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's attempts to prevent the disintegration of his party after the retirement of Idit Silman last month.

Kara met at the time with Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who pledged to approve the outline after the return of the Knesset from recess.

The outline for the distribution of aid, totaling about NIS 1 billion, was published by the Ministry of Finance as early as February, and is now being presented as a memorandum of law for government approval and later to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation and the Knesset.

On the way to a meeting of opposition leaders.

Litzman (Photo: Reuven Castro)

At the end of the week, another demand was met from the right-wing ultimatums, when Defense Minister Bnei Gantz announced the convening of the Supreme Planning Council to approve construction in the settlements, with MK Nir Orbach's demand to expedite the approvals. The dormitories for the students, the approval of the construction in the settlements and the connection of outposts to electricity. Finance Minister Lieberman has already agreed with him on the postponement of the dormitory outline for 2024, Security, it is also expected to approve the construction of about 1,500 housing units for Palestinians as well.

At the same time as the cabinet meeting, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting of opposition faction leaders at the Zeev Fortress to prepare for the return of the Knesset retreat and continued efforts to overthrow the government.

In the evening, a special meeting of party leaders and faction leaders in the coalition is expected to convene in the Knesset, to discuss preparations for the resumption of Knesset work, against the background of MK Idit Silman's resignation and the RAAM boycott of the coalition following the Temple Mount events.

Baram has not yet decided to cancel the freeze and currently does not intend to participate in the Knesset votes, and without them the coalition has no majority in the Knesset.

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