Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett has been the target of much criticism, blamed by Likud/Beitenu as the source of the failure of coalition negotiators to build a government. Likud/Beitenu feels that Bennett’s unwillingness to break the agreement with Yair Lapid and his Yesh Atid Party is preventing a deal as well as excluding the possibility of including chareidim in the coalition.
Responding to the allegations via his Facebook page, Bennett wrote: “We expected to be the natural and first coalition partner of the Netanyahu administration. Despite the boycott against him, we recommended to the president to give him the mandate to form the government without demanding a policy guarantee as we promised we would do during the pre-election period. However, the Likud’s message was clear, that ‘at all costs, the dati leumi community will not be in the coalition’. Nevertheless, Likud has signaled it is arranging another meeting with Bennett. This post appears after Shabbos, 20 Adar 5773.
To date, all efforts by Likud/Beitenu and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to break the bond between Bennett and Lapid have failed, which is significantly complicating negotiating efforts from the Likud’s perspective, aware that Yesh Atid’s inclusion will lock the chareidim out of the new coalition. Yesh Atid has 19 seats, and the two chareidi parties a combined 18 seats. The later is far more preferable to the prime minister for the chareidim have proven their loyalty in the last administration and Mr. Netanyahu is aware that the Bennett/Lapid team in the coalition representing a combined 31 seats is too major a threat, especially if he lacks the support of the chareidim.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Million dollar question is, WHY didnt Likud choose Bayit as their first natural partner in coalition? (before the strong pact of Lapid/Bennet was formed)
#1 Million dollar answer, HE DID. He was the first one Bibi approached and wanted to give him anything and everything but he declined because he would not be a partner without Lapid. Read up on it.
This Putin Look-alike is using the tried & true method
“KOL HAMAITZAR L’YISROEL N’AASEH ROSH”
#3, and he himself is not a Yid according to you? That’s how far we’ve gone.
#4 The worst antisemites are the Jewish ones!!
to ido: you are a disgrace to am yisroel-calling any jew an antisemite, especially someone who is frum!
Ido, not everyone who does not go with the Chareidi position is an antisemite!!!
when you use the word “frum ” does he believe that Torah is the key to Jewish survival. or does he think Torah is not central to Jewish survival. if hrs is so big on”sharing the burden” or working with someone of that opinion ,can you really call him “frum”
#6 ROB
From you of all people!
who just a week and a half ago called all the people learning in kollel “rodfim”
Call it what you want, but that fact is that the worst people to the Jews have often been Jews, and Bennet is a prime example of just that.
#6:
You are an anti-semite – calling any jew a disgrace to am yisroel.
#7: Not everyone not going with the Chareidi position have the Gedolim asked everyone to daven for that his plans don’t succeed
#6 (reform?)rabbiofberlin: someone who is frum doesn’t team up with the champion of the reform movement to force bahurim out of yeshiva, all the more so when he was put there supposedly to represent a religious public…
The dear Chafetz Chaim had little problem pronuncing certain jews “Amalek” (which presumably is worse than anti-semite)
#6 ROB
From you of all people!
who just a week and a half ago called the people learning in kollel “rodfim