What has Benjamin Netanyahu been doing in recent days? He voted in favor of MK May Golan’s justice bill, according to which the government will appoint the Supreme Court justices. Again, a tweet from Meir Ettinger: Yes, it should be said once again: he retweeted Meir Ettinger, who was the leader of the “Rebellion Group”, the No. 1 (former?) Target of the GSS Jewish Brigade.
What else did Netanyahu do this week? He conducted sweaty and frightened negotiations with everyone who got in his way, with the aim of bypassing the election and forming an alternative government under his leadership. “Israel does not need elections now,” he was quoted as saying in closed talks. He is right. And his poison machine.
Unlike the passon he’s been trying to disperse lately, he knows that elections, for him, can be the last trick. The ultra-Orthodox are already saying out loud that this is the last time they volunteer to put themselves on the barbecue for the golden calf. He also knows that the polls are deceptive (Maariv’s Panels Politics poll published today already shows a draw between the blocs, 57-57). So what does he do? Which he always did.
Trying to include various, typical inclusions, in the same style that characterized him in the twilight of his last reign: negotiations with Gideon Saar, including exorbitant proposals, which were rejected with contempt. Negotiations with Bnei Gantz, through Ayelet Shaked, which was rejected with even more contempt. Except for the ultra-Orthodox and Smutrich, there is not a single living soul left in the country who believes a single word that comes out of this man’s mouth.
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Correction: The ultra-Orthodox know him best and they have not believed him for a long time. Smutrich believes him even less than the ultra-Orthodox. Smutrich knows that he physically prevented Netanyahu from forming a government with some kind of support from the Prime Minister. He who does not come to him, or to his family, is good in the eyes.
A person he met recently reports that the former prime minister is behaving like a haunted person. He is convinced that he is being listened to everywhere, and not necessarily political opponents. His paranoia is growing at an exponential rate. It radiates distress and also a kind of loneliness. All of these phenomena in Netanyahu have been known in the past, but they are probably exacerbating. He knows his condition well. He with his back to the wall and in front of him an abyss. If he fails to get off at the nearest station, the next station after him will no longer be the Prime Minister’s Office.
The WhatsApp message sent by Yair Netanyahu to his father and his subordinate Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he warns of the ongoing negotiations to form an alternative government in the current Knesset, captured the full attention this week. . Ayelet Shaked initiated and managed it. The alternate government was to be formed with the Bnei Gantz. I estimate that everyone would eventually come to this wedding, except the groom, that is, except for Gantz, but negotiations do not cost money and around Gantz they like to see Bibi sweating. They have an open account with him.
The real story is the unbearable ease with which the son changes the direction of the ship in which Gaia is supposed to hold his father. Readers of this column are familiar with the subject. The reality is far worse than anything published so far.
Justice Minister Gideon Saar, another wanted groom for a bloody wedding with Netanyahu, also received a message this week. Not WhatsApp, a regular message, like before. The following is worded: “Hey, good morning, how are you? First of all, I congratulate with all my heart on the fall of the left-wing government and we will form a right-wing government headed by Netanyahu. I will need your support in the primaries this time more than ever. If you give me your voice, I would be happy for you to answer.
While Saar is debating whether to give his support to Regev this time, another message came from her: “Morning light, how are you? This is Miri Regev, I saw that you do not have the right to vote, code 99 (Likud functionaries do not pay membership fees as usual). I would be happy to bring you back to Code 1 in order to strengthen the Likud and support me in the upcoming primaries. If so, please answer 1 and they will call you to fill in details, thank you very much MK Miri Regev “.
Saar’s deliberation is over. Regev, by the way, enjoyed his support and backing when she joined the Likud at the time. He approached her in the plenum and told her “Miri, of course I will support you. As always.”