Innsbruck (OTS) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is forming a coalition with radical forces for his return. This will exacerbate internal and external conflicts and could change Israel’s character.
Just minutes before the deadline, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had successfully formed a new government for Israel. This shows how difficult it was to reconcile the demands of the radical partners, Netanyahu’s own interests and the warnings from the outside. At first glance, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister is now celebrating a triumphant return to power. This could allow him to get out of the corruption process by changing the law. At second glance, it is clear that Israel and the region are paying a heavy price for the return of the man who has divided the country for years.
Israel is getting the most right-wing government in its history, in which anti-Arab, anti-democratic, homophobic and fundamentalist forces enjoy disproportionate influence because Netanyahu needs them. They are the true beneficiaries of political dynamics; and they want to seize the opportunity to rebuild Israel according to their ideas. The agenda includes a weakening of the independent judiciary, a turbocharger for the illegal colonization of the occupied territories, state privileges for the ultra-Orthodox and a narrower definition of who and what is Israeli and Jewish.
Critics see the dawn of the end of Israeli democracy and the alienation between Israel and the Jewish diaspora. There will be protests. There is a risk of escalation in the conflict with the Palestinians, especially as the Palestinian leadership now has little legitimacy or authority. And abroad, even Israel’s closest allies will frown if the Netanyahu government implements its agenda.
The prime minister is also threatened with conflicts in his own camp. In his right-wing conservative Likud party, there is discontent with the generosity with which he has served his radical partners. And outstanding issues between coalition partners could become political ticking time bombs. Stability looks different. But Netanyahu, the master of tactics and intrigue, may have already thought ahead. According to speculation, he could risk an uproar for one of the centre-right parties, which actually reject him, to replace right-wing extremists in government for reasons of state.
Netanyahu likes to present himself as the supreme defender of Israel. He could have made a broad centrist government possible by withdrawing from politics. Instead, he forms a radical coalition that exacerbates internal and external conflicts. In doing so, he is mainly defending his personal interests.
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