Friday, December 9, 2022

Center-left bloc drafts plan to hamstring Netanyahu government

According to a report in Ma'ariv, a plan is being hatched among the incoming Opposition aimed at sowing chaos in the new Netanyahu government.

According to the report, two senior members of the opposition - secretary of the Yesh Atid faction, MK Boaz Toporovsky and the National Union Camp's Ze'ev Elkin - a former Likud lawmaker and Netanyahu ally - are drawing up a "Total War" plan which aims to disrupt the formation of the government during the legislative stages of the "Deri, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich laws."

Shas chief MK Aryeh Deri, Otzma Yehudit chairman MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Religious Zionist Party chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich have all pushed for the passage of laws prior to the formation of the new government which would ensure the fulfillment of key coalition agreements. READ MORE