Naftali Bennett’s far-right party commands only seven seats in the Israeli parliament, but by dint of anomalous circumstances, he could become the country’s next prime minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, is facing the most potent political challenge of his lifetime, which is likely to push his Likud party into the opposition.
“The Israeli society is so polarized against Netanyahu, and its body politic is so poisonous that the difference between left and right in the formation of the government is now blurred,” says Sami al Arian, a prominent Palestinian-American academic. is alarming for many regional experts since his Yamina party commands only seven seats out of 120-member Knesset, the Israeli parliament. Out of seven, six members support his bid to join the anti-Netanyahu political league.
The three far-right leaders agree with most of Netanyahu's policies: the expansion of illegal settlements, Greater Israel, Judaisation of Jerusalem and denial of Palestinian rights. They also defend the continuation of the brutal siege of Gaza. “A government that would allow the political situation between Israel and Palestine to quiet down and avoid military conflict with Gaza authorities under Hamas,” Bryza tellsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a joint news conference in Jerusalem, May 25, 2021.
He was characteristically unapologetic about his political behaviour during TV appearances on Sunday, accusing Washington of his falling down and comparing the Biden administration to Iran and Hamas and “depicting all three as threats to Israel”,But there is no direct evidence, suggesting that the Biden administration has anything to do with Netanyahu’s fall.
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