The opposition is determined to topple the coalition and it makes sure everyone knows it, posting imaged of sleep-deprived lawmakers wandering the Knesset halls at all hours of the night after yet another filibuster. The average right-winger looks at these images and admires the personal sacrifice.
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Indeed, it was a sacrifice for right-wing MKs to vote down the long-standing family reunification bill, but that will soon prove to be nothing compared to the courage they will have to show by placing the principles aside in favor of the ultimate goal: removing the new government from power at all costs.
Some seem to use short-term media spins, despite knowing that they won't stand up to scrutiny. Long-term media spins focus on presenting alternative legislation, meant to replace the perfectly adequate bill they just undercut. That's all fine and dandy, but what happens in the meantime? And where has the opposition been until now?
Had the opposition tried to topple the coalition using its ideology – as it claims – rather than petty politics, things would have looked different by now.
A random observer, however, sees less love of country and more personal loathing, as evident by a series of right-wing bills that clearly never stood a chance and sought only to exhaust everyone involved.
Even if, at this time, the opposition feels it simply must bring about the next elections as soon as humanly possible, the right way to oust the Center-Left coalition is to leave it to its own devices.
If you want to embarrass the coalition just provide it with a safety net from the Right and declare that any right-wing legislative proposal will secure a solid majority. Likud should push as many bills as it can that appeal to the right-wing elements in the coalition and let Yamina deal with the fallout.
They can deal with so many issues this way: polygamy, aggravating the sentencing for the hurling of rocks and firebombs, split the role of the attorney general – the list goes on.
However, as long as the opposition chooses to down bills that reflect national interests in nature while arguing against the coalition on issues it neglected while Likud was in power, we would be hard-pressed to believe that this is about principle rather than petty politics.
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