Two right-wing Israeli parties yesterday signed a vote-sharing agreement in an apparent effort to sideline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party.
The move was signed by the leader of the Yamina Party, Naftali Bennett, and Gideon Sa’ar – the founder of the Tikva Hadha (New Hope) Party who recently resigned from the Likud. The accord comes weeks ahead of the upcoming Israeli Knesset elections.
In a sign of possible future cooperation in the next government, four parties whose leaders oppose Benjamin @Netanyahu remaining prime minister took steps together that could help bring him down.https://t.co/Tqv2R8INRB
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 5, 2021
Local i24 described the deal as the “first political strike by the right-wing parties against the ruling Likud.”
“With this agreement in place, the right-wing parties have opened an official battle to contest the legislative election which is due on 23 March,” the news website said, adding that the Likud was “likely to remain the only party without a deal on surplus votes in the twenty-fourth Knesset election.”
A Country in Turmoil: Why #Netanyahu is a Symptom, Not Cause of #Israel’s #Political #Crisis by @RamzyBaroud https://t.co/qc2rM11e02 via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/7rhaTARZrY
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) December 23, 2020
Israel is due to hold its fourth election in two years as its coalition government collapsed last month after it could not agree on a budget.
(MEMO, PC, Social Media)
