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@Bear
Yes, there is a great deal that is very fluid at this point. It will be interesting.
@Peloni we need to see if the sum of the parts make a greater party. I think that is what you were trying to say piece by piece?
You could be correct. Saar needs a lifeline before the next election and joining with Bennett could be good and might offer greater synergy. Does Liberman gain anything from joining in one party or on one ticket?
You are premature at this point in judging if any Likudniks might not join such a new party. Likud has not yet had new primaries and a new election is not yet on the horizon. That is when one can obtain a better perspective on the prospects of Likud people leaving to join a yet not formed new party.
It is all very speculative but potentially interesting in the future.
@Edgar no sorry. A trial could drag on for years. I do not know if he will be convicted or not because that is up to three judges. In case 4000 he certainly looks like he might be convicted if he does not get a plea.
Edgar, I do not like the current coalition (and if the Likud had a different leader than Bibi it would not exist). I liked no government, no budget less.
I would like a right wing government. Even better if this could be done without the Haredi parties.
There is also the possibility that UTJ will join the government and that will make it more stable. Ramm won’t be able to dictate.
@Bear
Anything is possible of course, but I see little that Sa’ar, in particular, will bring to any arrangement with Lieberman, from Lieberman’s perspective at least. It would in fact be quite a favor of Lieberman to offer a lifeline to his current associates, but politics is always interesting, no matter the choices chosen. Regarding the possibility that Bibi holds his current position, by which I would not be surprised, I suspect that any current challengers who might jump the Likud ship would find little appeal in joining Lieberman’s party as their second choice. I do not see that Bennett/Saar, as the prodigal sons of the Right, would offer Barkat, Katz or any other Likud defector any serious potential attraction. Likud could be hurt, of course, by such defections but to suggest that this collection of Likud leftovers tagged to Lieberman’s party as a serious challenge to lead the Right seems more of a desperate alternative to a desperate situation for both Bennett and Saar than a real challenge to controlling the Right, ie becoming the party with the largest electoral outcome. I do see that Bibi has yet to chase a single member of his Likud party into the open arms of Bennett and Lieberman currently, which, as I recall, was Bennett’s and Saar’s plan when he joined the Left and Arabs. It could be argued that the stain these men these men (Bennett, Saar, Lieberman) share have placed upon their notorious Brotherhood allies is supporting the current unity of Likud, but that stain will ever be with them and, as I see it, will act as a good repellent for any member of the Right from joining their merry band of Likud-Want-To-Be party. But as I say, politics is always interesting.
@BEAR-
Your post seems to indicate that you think that Netanyahu will be found innocent, and still in politics……..No?
If he is found not guilty or has the charges dropped-as they should be- he will never leave politics. If he did it would be a disaster for Israel. Look at Israel’s situation right now, for instance. !!
If Bibi does not exit politics soon would some of the Likud members who are currently being sidelined from any serious role might be likely to leave the Likud and join a new national camp? Israeli political parties are ever evolving and are unstable.
Even if Bibi leaves some of those who competed for the top spot and lost might consider joining a competing nationalistic party made up of many former Likudniks.