12/12/2022
Pressured, blackmailed and fragile: Netanyahu is completely hostage to his partners
At the top of the food pyramid in nature are the super carnivores, below them are medium carnivores, below them are small carnivores, then carnivores that are also preyed on, and so on. At the bottom of the hierarchical pyramid are those who are easy prey for everyone. They have no means of defense, they are not equipped with escape speed or any survival mechanisms. These days, the researchers are discovering another layer, even lower: a low level from which there is no lower level. The temporary scientific name of this level is "Members of the Knesset of the Likud".
While Netanyahu continues the wholesale liquidation sale of the state's assets to his coalition partners and vacillates between the plundering campaigns of Ben Gabir, Smotrich, Gafni and Goldknopf, the MKs in Likud continue to be thrown under the wheels of the bus. It turns out that this bus does not have enough wheels for everyone. I wonder what would happen if my members The Knesset of the new-old ruling party would do what Netanyahu's senior partners in the future coalition are doing and announce: We sign where necessary and vote what is necessary only after we know what positions we will receive, and not before. If we are satisfied, fine. If not, then no.
It will not happen. The atmosphere in Netanyahu's environment is somewhat reminiscent of the first years after the French Revolution: the guillotine cuts back at a murderous pace, no one is immune, anyone, including Robespierre in his own right, may one day find his head rolling into the basket at the feet of the manger. Everyone suspects everyone, incriminates everyone, blames everyone. No one can sleep peacefully. Here, now even Galit Distal Atabrian found herself on the wrong side of the maze.
There is another historical period that is reminiscent of what is happening now in the corridors of Ze'ev Fortress: the war of the diadochs, between the army ministers and the senior officers of Alexander the Great, after news of his untimely death became known. The group fought for decades, to the point of shedding blood, for the kingdom of the giant he left behind, until it disappeared. So it's true, our Alexander the Great is not dead (God forbid). on the contrary. He had just won a dramatic victory in a crucial election.
This is a victory that is all false magic. The winner is weaker than ever, vulnerable, fragile, oppressive and blackmailing. He doesn't manage his partners, they manage him. He is a complete hostage, a leader who cannot afford for his subjects not to be satisfied and satisfied and must submit to every whim of their heart's whims. He can leave nothing to their good will. He is the prime minister on paper. They are the prime ministers in the field.
After the results of the elections were known, the commentators were united in their opinion: the days of long and exhausting negotiations are over. No more prolonged, excruciating, nerve-wracking charades. It will be an afternoon walk in the rose garden. A coalition of 64 MKs that has never been more homogeneous in the annals of politics the Israeli one. piece of cake.
Well, that was a mistake. Yesterday the original mandate (28 days) for forming the government ended and the extension begins, and nothing is really closed yet. The elected Prime Minister is unable to decide who will be the Speaker of the Knesset. He is torn between the poles, struggling between the hawks, blackmailed and controlled and crumpled from all sides.
Every moment another absurd demand is published by one of his capricious partners (the last one was published yesterday: Ben Gabir wants a veto right in the ministerial committee for legislation, so that he can block other people's laws, if they block his own laws). As things stand, he is going to appoint a temporary speaker of the Knesset, which may/may become a permanent one. Rival Levin. All this time, Yoav Kish, Ofir Akunis and Dodi Amsalem continue to quarrel over this position, while the network spreads everyone's slander, against each other, through all Unknown species.
In mid-2009, right after he returned to the Prime Minister's office (after a decade of hiatus), it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu's new office was torn, conflicted and disintegrating. The readers of "Maariv" were informed, in the main headline, that the various senior officials of that bureau (U*i Arad, Zvi Hauser and others) demand that they all be polygraph tested on the charge of leaks. 13 years have passed, and history repeats itself, on steroids. This time, not a few months after the government was formed, but days and weeks before it was formed.
Here is a partial list of the current conflicts between advisers, associates, MKs, and courtiers of Netanyahu's Byzantine court: Netanyahu's office (with the exception of Tzachi Braverman) against Yariv Levin and Tzachi Braverman. MKs Bitan and Danny Danon against Miki Zohar and Haim Katz. Counselors Urich and Ofer Golan against MK Distal Atbarian (it's even a rhyme). Braverman against Tali Gottlieb (may God have mercy). Ikki Cohen against Tzachi Braverman. Yoav Kish and Riv Levin against Ofir Akunis, and vice versa (about the Knesset Speaker). Urich against topaz, strengthened by the Golan. Israel Katz vs. Nir Barkat (for the title "the one who will be humiliated the most"). Deri vs. Gafni. Gafni vs. Goldknopf and Porush. Smotrich and Ben Gvir (albeit, with low intensity).
It is worth dwelling on Levin's opponent. The strongest man in Likud and the strongest in Netanyahu's circle. Well, not anymore. Levin and Netanyahu disagree, and that's putting it mildly. According to a report from yesterday by Michael Shemesh, the differences of opinion are professional (Levin understood that Netanyahu is not interested in a deep, sharp and quick reform of the judicial system). But it's not just an ideology. In Netanyahu's environment, Levin was "marked" a long time ago. In Likud, as above. He is seen as someone who has become too strong, who is already building a camp, who is polishing his eyes for an inheritance (I don't really know if this is true). One of the most hated journalists about the family (who is not the Ham).
How will this all end? The way it started: agony, convulsions and the swearing in of a government. The boiled eggs will be thrown on the faces of some of the MKs of the Likud. The number of disgruntled and those seeking revenge will be greater than the number of those who are happy. The coalition partners will warn each other and wait in the corner for each other. With all that, this is an elected government, the government of all of us.