i24 News – Israeli government officials made significant progress in the talks with Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi who, they believe, can be persuaded to reverse her resignation from the coalition, Haaretz reported today.
“Tomorrow, everything will be behind us, The government is strong and will continue to be strong,” the report cited an unnamed government source as saying.
On Sunday, Rinawie Zoabi will meet with senior government officials including Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in order to thrash out the conditions for her return into the coalition fold, according to the report.
Rinawie Zoabi’s announcement on Thursday sent shockwaves through Israeli politics and was widely regarded as the death knell for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s shaky coalition.
It further raised the possibility of new general election, less than a year after the government took office.
In a letter to Bennett, Rinawie Zoabi said she was leaving the coalition as it too often adopted “nationalist positions” on issues of importance to her constituents, Israel’s Arab community.
Of course she will! You’re going to offer her full control of Yerushalyim, B’nei Brak and two more ares in exchange for her acquiescence to stay on in your corrupt government! It sounds like Hugo Cavez and his ilk.
The sheretz from Meretz didn’t crawl too far away from her seat.