In an interview with Israel’s 103FM radio, former adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Nir Hefetz said Netanyahu’s alliance with ultra-Orthodox parties had helped keep him in power since 2015.
Hefetz described Netanyahu as being in a “state of panic” over the prospect of losing power. He said Netanyahu might have to attend every trial hearing if he leaves office.
The political backdrop in Anadolu Agency’s account included 67 seats in Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, for parties opposed to Netanyahu and 53 for his bloc. Anadolu Agency reported that President Isaac Herzog gave Gadi Eisenkot 28 days to form a government, with a possible 14-day extension.
EconoTimes has reported on Ra’am’s bid to join a possible Eisenkot-led government. Eisenkot’s effort to form a government is the next step described in Anadolu Agency’s report.
