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Lieberman Aids Netanyahu
Avigdor Liberman links his support for Gadi Eisenkot to a refusal to rely on Arab parties, and says he will work to bring the Haredi parties into the government. This narrows Eisenkot’s options and could give Benjamin Netanyahu a chance to remain in power. Sixty-seven lawmakers recommended that Eisenkot be tasked with forming a government, including 19 from Arab parties, but he needs 61 seats to do so. The Haredi parties United Torah Judaism and Shas hold 13 seats between them and require a compromise on the conscription law—at odds with Eisenkot’s pledge that everyone should serve. One possibility is a government with 61 lawmakers that includes the Haredim but excludes the Arabs; another is a minority government backed from outside by Arab parties, an arrangement Liberman rejects. Other possibilities are that Eisenkot fails to form a government and Netanyahu is then tasked with doing so, or that the country heads to elections. Eisenkot has 28 days, with a possible two-week extension. Liberman has also taken over as chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, which can scrutinize and pressure the caretaker government but has no veto over a decision to go to war. The article concludes that divisions within Eisenkot’s camp could benefit Netanyahu, while noting that there is no conclusive evidence that Liberman is seeking to make Eisenkot fail.
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