The Israeli Opposition, One Step Away From Ousting Benjamin Netanyahu From Power
The calm with which Benjamin Netanyahu received the head of Egypt's intelligence service, Abbas Kamel, on Sunday to shore up the fragile truce with the Islamist group Hamas contrasted with the anger and anguish seen in his latest videos, pleading with the Israeli conservative Naftali Bennett not to agree with the centrist leader Yair Lapid a coalition of center and left parties. However, it has been of no use, as Bennett announced this Sunday that he was willing to cross the Rubicon, despite strong opposition on the right and especially from the Likud. The agreement will make him - despite having only six seats in favor of his party - prime minister in the next two years, and then take over from Lapid. To avoid this, Netanyahu stepped up his pressure and offered Bennett and another Conservative leader, Gideon Saar, a triple rotation at the Head of Government. Read more: The terrorist group in Gaza "The political crisis in Israel is unprecedented worldwide. We can go to fifth, ...