“The Biden administration will hold the presumptive Israeli prime minister personally responsible for the actions of his more extreme cabinet members, especially if they lead to policies that endanger a future Palestinian state," US official tells Politico.
The incoming prime minister has until midnight to work out the last hurdles.
Although neither Blue and White nor Likud would benefit right now from a repeat of the ill-fated unity government from 2020-2021, it is clear that Benny Gantz has not shut the door on that option.
The outgoing government is mercilessly attacking the incoming one, further eroding the standing of right-wing lawmakers in the international media even before they get their ministerial portfolios.
"America’s support for Israel reflects our two countries’ respect for democratic ideals. President Biden and Mr. Netanyahu should do everything they can to reaffirm that commitment," the paper said.
“Without judicial oversight and independent legal advice, we will remain only with the principle of majority rule,” Baharav-Miara told a legal conference at the University of Haifa, eliciting an angry response from Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Prime minister-elect says he hopes kingdom joins the Abraham Accords, stresses this could "change our region in ways that are unimaginable" and help produce a Palestinian-Israeli agreement.
"We were elected to lead in our way, the way of the nationalist Right and the way of the liberal Right, and so shall we do," he told the Knesset, to heckling from Center-Left lawmakers.
Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox faction United Torah Judaism reportedly makes the demand as part of negotiations with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu.
Move will allow the incoming Netanyahu government for a quicker vote on three crucial bills that would grant leaders of the bloc their coalition demands.