Investing in Stability: Israel’s Incoming Government
Three successive election campaigns greatly undermined Israelis’ sense of political stability.
Three successive election campaigns greatly undermined Israelis’ sense of political stability.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced early national elections.
Stability and order, those are the pillars that enable a democratically elected politician to successfully pursue their agenda. And stability and order are exactly what Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, has guaranteed for himself and for his party by creating a new national unity government with his rivals.
The Likud Party, which leads the ruling coalition, has submitted a bill to dissolve the current Knesset and is pushing for new elections on Sept. 4.
There is no debate over two of the achievements of the Labor-Likud coalition agreement that was initialed on Tuesday morning: It was reached after negotiations unprecedented in their brevity – taking less than 24 hours – and it grants Labor a scandalous package of positions for its mere 13 Knesset seats, almost out of generosity.
The Labor Party voted to join the Likud-led coalition government, virtually guaranteeing that Benjamin Netanyahu will be Israel\’s next prime minister.\n\nLabor chief Ehud Barak\’s bid to join Netanyahu\’s coalition came down to a contentious vote Tuesday night by the party\’s central committee, with 680 in favor of joining and 570 against.
Tzipi Livni said the peace process will move forward and that Israel will be able to face challenges better with a stable government.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert tells Cabinet stepping down \”was not an easy or simple decision,\” then submits his letter of resignation to President Shimon Peres
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