As for you also, Naftali? Benjamin Netanyahu, King Bibi as they have been used to calling him in Israel in the last few decades, it risks being dethroned by what it had glimpsed long ago as his possible heir. That means Naftali Bennett, leader of the right-wing Yamina party. It was him, a few days after the ceasefire with Hamas, to give way to a coalition agreement which could lead to the formation of the new government in the Jewish state. All this after four useless electoral rounds that had produced nothing but Netanyahu’s stay in power, facilitated by the profound division of voters.
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This has been going on for years, until a few hours ago. Bennett, formerly at the head of the Ministry of Education and Economy first and that of Defence then (again with Netanyahu as prime minister), he dissolved the reservation by announcing his intention to form a grand coalition that from the right of Yamina expands to the left of Yair Lapid, without excluding the centrists of the Blue and White party of Benny Gantz.
The goal of the grand coalition: “take out” Netanyahu
A great minestrone, in short, which has as its main objective to put an end to the reign of King Bibi, who not surprisingly feels betrayed and talks about “scam of the century”. The grand coalition has renamed itself autonomously “block of change” (and in Italy the definition should remind us of something that was soon finished) and that does not hide what the glue of the alliance is: Netanyahu is “a man who has no more restraints; it is precisely for this reason that it is necessary to create the government that we are trying to set up “.
Via Netanyahu? Best for Biden
Recalling that in Israeli politics the twists and turns are around the corner and that an agreement cannot be given for sure that has yet to be formalized, the succession of events gives rise to some reflections. A few months ago, in fact, there was a changing of the guard at the White House that saw the Democrat arrive Joe Biden instead of Donald Trump, a great friend of King Bibi. During the tycoon’s presidency, Netanyahu had been able to show off symbolically important results, such as the move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and Trump’s plan on the Middle East, a great assist to Israel’s aims on Palestine and beyond.
Without Netanyahu, the US-Iran nuclear deal will be simpler
But it was another aspect that Netanyahu liked most about Trump: his total aversion to Iran, Israel’s sworn enemy. One of the first acts of the former US president had been to tear up thenuclear agreement signed by Tehran and by Barack Obama. Just that deal that Biden would like to revive now. The biggest obstacle in the path of the new American president is the name and surname of Netanyahu. Without him it might be easier to arrive at a result that in any case, at least on a rhetorical level, even another Israeli government will not be able to appreciate.