The leaders of the coalition government in Israel said today that they are in favor of dissolving the government. “After exhausting efforts to stabilize the coalition, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid have decided to present a bill that would dissolve parliament,” the two said in a joint statement. The government consisted of eight parties from the far left to the far right wing. Israel researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage. – This government in Israel is as we should have a government of all parties in the Storting, from Red to FRP. In fact, it was an even bigger gap, says Israel researcher Hilde Henriksen Waage. She says there were parties with a number of special interests, all of which were promised a little. There was one single issue that held them together – the opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu. They wanted a political shift in Israel. – After one year, the glue was not strong enough to hold the parties together, Waage says. Video shows Israeli police taking action against the funeral procession of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Left government in protest In May, Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, was shot in the head and killed. It happened when Israeli police raided a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin in the West Bank. When thousands of people showed up to say goodbye to the journalist, the police took action. The coffin of the slain Al Jazeera journalist was about to fall to the ground. The reactions were great, also within the government. – It was the tongue in cheek that made the majority in the government fall apart, says Waage. Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi represents the left-wing party Meretz. In her farewell letter, she referred to the behavior of the police. Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi left the government a month ago. Photo: EHABJ CC BY-SA 4.0 “I can no longer support the existence of a coalition that harasses Arabs in this shameful way,” the politician wrote, concluding that she was withdrawing from the Knesset. Idit Silman, from Bennett’s own party, had previously resigned in protest. Silman is a religious Jew. She resigned after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on eating fermented bread in Israeli hospitals during the Jewish Passover. More chaos Without Zoabi, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was left with the support of 59 of the 120 elected representatives in the Knesset. Bennett came to power after the June 202 election. He took the place of Benjamin Netanyahu, who had been prime minister for 12 years and charged with corruption. Now there will be new elections, which will probably be held in October. This will be Israel’s fifth election in three years. Lapid will serve as prime minister until a new government is in place. – Even if there are new elections, it does not help anything. There is no collection on the other side either. This serial just continues, says Waage.
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