Frömmigkeit vs. Eiferertum

NN, Dienstag, 01. Juni 2021, 00:50 (vor 1433 Tagen) @ Udosefirot

For a start, Netanyahu is still prime minister and unlikely to leave his official residence in Jerusalem without a fight. He may have lost any prospect of mustering a majority of his own, but he seems certain to continue exerting every ounce of pressure on wavering members of the opposition, including allowing proxies like his son Yair and his social media manager Topaz Luk to amplify the toxic social-media campaigns against Bennett and members of his Yamina party that have fueled angry protests outside their homes accusing them of being "Leftist Traitors." The new Bennett-Lapid government may not even make it to its inauguration with a majority intact.

Even if they succeed in keeping their coalition together and Bennett is sworn-in as Israel's next prime minister, Netanyahu is going nowhere. He remains leader of Likud, Israel's largest party, and he's unlikely to give up that position. Although he's facing criminal charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust -- all of which he has denied -- his trial is expected to take years. And Israeli law would allow him to serve again as prime minister while the case is continuing. Nor is there any Likudnik on the horizon with anything coming close to his popularity, who can threaten to unseat him.

As the leader of the opposition, with a considerable hardcore of fanatical supporters still intact, Netanyahu is sure to be daily plotting another comeback, awaiting any slip-up of his successor and exploiting discord in the unwieldy new coalition of wildly diverse and disparate parties. Yet another election -- the fifth in two years -- could be just around the corner and Netanyahu remains a constant campaigner, even at 71.

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