Smotrich, Gafni refuse Netanyahu offer for two-stage coalition agreement - report
Smotrich demands an override clause with a regular majority.
By ELIAV BREUER
Published: NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Religious Zionist Party chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich and United Torah Judaism's Lithuanian Degel Hatorah faction leader MK Moshe Gafni refused a request by incoming prime minister MK Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition in two stages, first a "narrow" coalition agreement only about ministerial and parliamentary positions, and only after swearing in a government an agreement on policy, KAN and Walla reported on Monday.
Netanyahu put forward the proposal to both party leaders during meetings he held with them on Sunday. The proposal's rationale is to get Prime Minister Yair Lapid's cabinet out of power as soon as possible, according to Walla. The Likud did not respond to a request by The Jerusalem Post to confirm the report.
Both Smotrich and Gafni refused and insisted that they will not agree to a government without there being an agreed-upon policy framework. The two met later on Sunday in the Knesset in order to coordinate their opposition to Netanyahu's proposal, according to KAN. Otzma Yehudit faction leader MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is scheduled to meet with Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, will likely also oppose the proposal, KAN added.
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Smotrich demands an override clause with a regular majority.
By ELIAV BREUER
Published: NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Religious Zionist Party chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich and United Torah Judaism's Lithuanian Degel Hatorah faction leader MK Moshe Gafni refused a request by incoming prime minister MK Benjamin Netanyahu to form a coalition in two stages, first a "narrow" coalition agreement only about ministerial and parliamentary positions, and only after swearing in a government an agreement on policy, KAN and Walla reported on Monday.
Netanyahu put forward the proposal to both party leaders during meetings he held with them on Sunday. The proposal's rationale is to get Prime Minister Yair Lapid's cabinet out of power as soon as possible, according to Walla. The Likud did not respond to a request by The Jerusalem Post to confirm the report.
Both Smotrich and Gafni refused and insisted that they will not agree to a government without there being an agreed-upon policy framework. The two met later on Sunday in the Knesset in order to coordinate their opposition to Netanyahu's proposal, according to KAN. Otzma Yehudit faction leader MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is scheduled to meet with Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, will likely also oppose the proposal, KAN added.
more............. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-721669
