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Opinion | Silman's Boomerang Effect: In the meantime, retirement has achieved the opposite result Israel today

2022-05-17T17:50:48.964Z


It is now clear to the members of the government - they are dependent on each other, or will be dependent on each other • The big winners from the king are members of the right and Zeev Elkin, who returned to the center The other side to the transitional prime minister


49 days have passed since the retirement of Idit Silman from the coalition.

With the necessary caution and given the fragility of the coalition, it seems that for the time being its move has achieved the opposite goal at least in the short term so much so that it is precisely the opposition that fears defectors. 

That will not be misunderstood.

From below and down, everyone knows that at any moment the card tower may fall apart.

And yet, precisely because it is now clear to everyone that they are interdependent, or otherwise interdependent, the coalition arm combination, as of this moment, is tighter.

Silman pointed out to my right-wingers that they would not be run over

The bigger gainer is the right wing of the government.

Silman's retirement has sharpened both the members on the right and their partners on the left, that they will no longer be an run-down escapade.

MK Nir Orbach achieved two of his three demands - canceling the layout of the dormitories, approving construction in the settlement and connecting the young settlement to electricity that is still stuck. relative.

At the same time, the prime minister is also returning to the right-wing mother ship, and not by chance.

Bennett is in fact desperate to gain support from the general public - this was the line led by the retired political adviser - and so he turns again to the audience that brought him into politics.

This is the meaning of his first visit as prime minister to a settlement in Judea and Samaria, this morning in Elkana.

Another boomerang effect caused by the retirement is the return to the center of the stage by Zeev Elkin.

Despite his vast experience and proven political successes, Edith Silman did not want to use Elkin.

She played almost in a solo show.

On the other hand, the new coalition chairman, Boaz Toporovsky, is more modest and honest, and we are not ashamed to lean on the experienced wolf in the forest. Moreover, Lapid instructed Toporovsky to obey any instructions Malkin receives. This tight p is pretty amazing.

Silman left and Elkin, former chairman of the coalition, returned to the center of the stage, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

Because of the balance of terror, members of the government cling to each other

There is another layer that guides the conduct of the coalition, and causes its members to cling more to each other, and this is the balance of terror of its dissolution.

Each side knows that if he is the one who overthrows the government, then the leader of the other side, will become the prime minister of the transition.

Given the political tie that prevails in Israel, they know that a transitional government can serve here for many years to come.

So for the right wing in government, there is no bigger nightmare than Queen Lapid for an unknown period of time.

A similar attitude exists in terms of the left wing and Bennett.

"This threat is constantly in the back brains of coalition members," says one of the Axis players in the Knesset.

"Until Silman's retirement, the atmosphere was an atmosphere of cooperation and a desire to work together to find a common denominator. Since her retirement, they still want to work together, but in the background is the constant fear that the other side just wants to poke me so that I and he will not lead to dissolution. These two parallel lines hold, "said the senior MK.

Government members know - a resignation from the coalition will make the other side leader,

The question of how long the government will hold is still in the spotlight.

There are optimistic MKs and ministers among the coalition members, who believe that it will be possible to succeed even until April 2023. However, the prevailing opinion, at least among Bennett, is that the end of the summer conference in peace will be no less than a miracle, and that even within a few weeks the government may fall.

Since this is Israeli politics, only fools will predict which of the predictions will come true.

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Source: israelhayom

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