TEL AVIV – Israel could have a government without Netanyahu. Three days after the expiry of the exploratory mandate, after the elections of 2 March, the announcement of the formation of a government with another premier arrives. “I announce to you that I will make a national unity government with Lapid, to get Israel out of the chasm,” said the leader of the right-wing nationalist Yamina formation, Naftali Bennett, who thus accepts the invitation of the centrist opposition party Yesh Atid. “With Lapid there are differences but we intend to find unity. Lapid has matured a lot”. An alliance that would end the political stalemate in which Israel has been sailing since November 2018, as well as 12 uninterrupted years of Netanyahu’s rule, the longest in the country’s history.
“I intend to act with all my strength to form a unitary government with Lapid. Four electoral rounds – explained Bennett during a press conference – have weakened the country. This is a political crisis without equal in the world. We are dismantling the building of the State and everything risks collapsing “. Bennett then attacked Netanyahu: “Whoever says that there is a right-wing government at hand is wrong. There isn’t. There is no right-wing government of Netanyahu. Whoever says it is lying. There was also this morning. another attempt – added Bennett referring to the appeal made by the current prime minister – I would have been a possibility, but there was no majority. Netanyahu intends to drag the entire nationalist camp towards his own personal Masada “. The one with Lapid, concluded the leader of Yamina, “is not only not a left-wing government as Netanyahu says, but it will be more to the right than the current one. We will not make withdrawals and we will not hand over territories”.
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