![]() The United States has congressional mid-term elections next week, when the entirety of the House of Representatives plus one-third of the Senate is up for election, plus a host of state governors. But the inclusion of far-right elements in governments is no longer much of a novelty - witness Italy - and Netanyahu is a pragmatist first and foremost who will make sure these actors remain constrained. ![]() Netanyahu will need to include Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, two controversial right-wing figures and leaders of the Religious Zionism party, within his government. The failure of Meretz, a secular progressive party, and Balad, an Arab-Israeli political party, to cross the electoral threshold of 3.25% and hence qualify for seats in the Knesset has doomed the prospects of the ‘anyone but Bibi’ coalition. The centre-right bloc, which includes Likud and Religious Zionism plus the ultra-orthodox parties, looks likely to get at least 65 seats, giving it a workable majority. Current prime minister Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party is on 24 seats, whilst the Religious Zionism party is expected to win 14 seats. Netanyahu’s Likud party is on track to win 32 seats in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset. With Israel’s host of minor parties and the necessity of coalition governments, it will be some weeks until a new government is formed. Compared to Lula and Biden, Netanyahu is a sprightly 73 years of age. He was prime minister from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021. In another political comeback, Binyamin Netanyahu appears to be in a strong position to form government and become Prime Minister once again in Israel.
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