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Worsening chaos: Israel’s political instability is now the norm
It is no surprise that as Israeli politics is increasingly dominated by right-wing bigotry that governments are holding together for less and less time — and this turmoil is a fitting reflection of widely-held extremist beliefs, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, right, sits next to former Prime MInister Naftali Bennett as he chairs the first cabinet meeting days after lawmakers dissolved parliament, in Jerusalem, Sunday, July 3, 2022.
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THE collapse of the short-lived Israeli government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid validates the argument that the political crisis in Israel was not entirely instigated and sustained by former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Bennett’s coalition government consisted of eight parties, welding together arguably one of the oddest coalitions in the tumultuous history of Israeli politics. The mishmash cabinet included far-right and right groups like Yamina, Yisrael Beiteinu and New Hope, along with centrist Yesh Atid and Blue and White, leftist Meretz and even an Arab party, the United Arab List (Ra’am). The coalition also had representatives from the Labour Party, once the dominant Israeli political camp, now almost completely irrelevant.
When the coalition was formed in June 2021, Bennett was celebrated as some kind of a political messiah, who was ready to deliver Israel from the grip of the obstinate, self-serving and corrupt Netanyahu.
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