There is no government, there are spins.
And the more the spins multiply, the less the chances of a real government being formed.
There are those who do a Gewald campaign before the elections and there are those who do it after - Netanyahu is a type of both.
But the Gewald of before the elections has an expiration date, and the Gewald of after can get an extension from the president, and maybe even gain eternal life, judging by the amount of "Oh oh oh, what horrible things the right-wing bloc parties demand of me".
It seems that since the elections, Netanyahu has been busy preparing us for parting with his coalition allies in a very sophisticated way: non-stop leaks from his office about the intolerance of the new partners: too right-wing, too blackmailing, too religious, and after the narrative defaming his allies has taken hold of the public, which anyway does not sympathize with ultra-orthodox and settlers , the pattern is an exit to the media to reassure the public who just got stressed because they heard excerpts of demands from the coalition negotiations.
Netanyahu and Smotrich.
"Bennett in costume"?, photo: None
It seems that the Prime Minister's office is building spins as a means of putting pressure on coalition partners.
as a tactic.
Netanyahu knows how easy it is to create a negative public echo towards the right side of the map - he was there himself and still is, only since the elections he is directing this echo towards his colleagues.
This is how the legend of Smotrich's leftism began to be woven, when Channel 14 and social networks said that Smotrich was "Bennett in disguise" and made him the new "treacherous leftist", while in practice there were no real reasons to incite against the chairman of religious Zionism; and thus this week the struggle of Netanyahu with the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox, when one side leaked hair-raising demands (no electricity on Shabbat, there is interference in secular education, and go to the beach only on even days).
When the issue at hand is Netanyahu's nascent withdrawal from reforms in the judicial system, what is easier than anti-religious spin?
It is no coincidence that precisely in the discussion that concluded the work of outgoing Knesset Speaker Miki Levy, on the way to the appointment of Yariv Levin, the Prime Minister stuck to less important issues than the strange case of appointing Yariv Levin as Speaker of the Knesset, while declaring that it was only for two weeks (among all believers A piano will be drawn for this announcement.
From the stage, Netanyahu attacked Yair Lapid and reassured the public about the state of Halacha, two fun actions that give him sympathy from two conflicting sides of the political partners: when you kill Yair Lapid, you are loved by the right, but more importantly, Benny Gantz sympathizes with you.
When you kill the ultra-Orthodox, you gain sympathy among the mainstream media and also among the parties of Lapid and Gantz.
When you speak to the matter, on the other hand, about fulfilling your promises in the elections - you win the sympathy of your electorate.
But hey, the election is already over, who cares about the will of the voter?
Yariv Levin - Speaker of the Knesset again, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Soft and stately water?
The new member of the Knesset, Tali Gottlieb, complained on Channel 2 that the Cabinet Secretary, Tzachi Braverman, does not allow her to meet privately with the Prime Minister.
"If I had trusted the fact that the matter would remain in the office, I would have met with Netanyahu in the presence of the Prime Minister. But the fact is that I was right - the same conversation in which Netanyahu asked me about the position of deputy minister was leaked the next day," Gottlieb testified, and contributed another fascinating piece of information about her relationship with Rasht's officials The government: "Two people came to me in the room before the opening speech, they asked me to be soft and stately... But the one who elected me was not the bureau, but the voters. I care about the citizens of the State of Israel."
Tali Gottlieb is right.
Although she does not ask herself if it is possible that the prime minister, the wizard of the media, does not control what the people of his faith report, but she at least confirms the feeling that Bibi is doing a build-up to destroy his own coalition, before it was formed.
And if a flame fell in Gottlieb, what would the mosses of Torah Judaism say?
Students majoring in communication in an urban context will recognize who has the distinct interest in communicating the fortified position of his coalition even before it was formed.
MK Tali Gottlieb, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Gantz's agony
Benny Gantz does not like to be bored, and he probably misses the lover who dumped him.
In a relationship as in a relationship, from the distance of time you forget the bad and sometimes prefer to compromise on a partner just so as not to be left without.
On the one hand, it is comforting that there is a retired general here with the sensitivity of a girl, on the other hand - if Bibi and Gantz are still attracted to each other, they will not be able to start new families with other partners.
At the beginning of this week's faction meeting, after pledging to protest against the new government that he defined after the elections as "not a real threat to Israel", Gantz actually put Lapid, who enjoyed the renewed revival of the demonstration of black flags on the bridges of our country: "Standing on a bridge in some corner is not a model for protesting against the government," he said.
Gantz is not a parliamentary fighter, and the ladder he set up almost two months ago to get down from his tree continues to gain stability.
Gantz at the Knesset speaker replacement ceremony, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Influencing from the inside is completely an option, and it seems that both sides are maturing in this direction, and are also preparing their hearts for it.
The best bibists tweeted this week and outlined the rapid pace of progress: a month ago the dominant narrative was that Smotrich was a leftist, now they have already started saying that as it seems - there will be no choice, Netanyahu will have to include Gantz.
It is interesting that no one ever said that as it seems - there will be no choice, Netanyahu will have to fulfill his promises to the public, and use his skills to connect different currents in the nation even after the elections, and not just before them.
Another week in which Netanyahu did not wear a ring on the finger of the right-wing parties has come to an end.
Also next week, he will continue to examine alternative goods and avoid establishing the relationship.
Netanyahu, photo: Noam Rivkin Fenton
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