Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has bought some time, a week. The Jewish Nation Bill passed by the cabinet on Sunday Rosh Chodesh Kislev will not be brought to the plenum for a vote on Wednesday 4 Kislev as planned, but it will be delayed one week.

Some feel the bill may be the straw that breaks the coalition’s back as Yesh Atid and The Movement have stated they will not back the current version of the bill.

At the heart of the controversy is the fact Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s version emphasizes a Jewish state and then a democratic state while Yesh Atid and The Movement feel the matter of a democracy must be paramount.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)