Meretz chairwoman Tamar Zandberg says opposition lawmakers plan to speak at Israel’s parliamentary session at least until Wednesday midnight in order to prevent a vote to dissolve the Knesset and instead allow for President Reuven Rivlin to name a new candidate to form a governing coalition.
“We’re prepared for a filibuster of at least three days, which is the maximum amount of time for the president to task another Knesset member with forming a government,” she says. “If they try to limit speaking time in order to prevent it, we won’t hesitate to go to the Supreme Court.”
Netanyahu is racing to dissolve the government in order to prevent another candidate from being granted the opportunity to assemble a coalition, though at the same time his Likud party is seeking to convince Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beitenu to come around in order to empower Netanyahu to lead the 21st Knesset.
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It should not be surprising that the current crisis over formation of a government comes down to the Chilonim waging a war against the Charedim and the latter’s desire to preserve traditional Judaism against that church of secular Zionism known as the army. For isn’t that what Zionism has always been about – rebellion against God and Torah?
So here we are, now that the Arabs are out of the way, with the Chilonim coming after the Charedim, Heaven help us. Israel hasn’t been attacked by a foreign army in 50 years and the Chilonim want to draft everyone. That also isn’t surprising as the military is their religion. This is a religious war: Esav vs Yaakov, militarism verses Torah observance, worship of tanks and soldiers verses worship of the Almighty. It’s incredible that the final battle of history is not between gentiles and Jews but between bad Jews and good Jews.