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Gideon Sa’ar quits coalition after Netanyahu fails to appoint him to war cabinet
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 30, 2024 01:21pm |
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| Author | Sam Sokol |
| News Date | Monday, March 25, 2024 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New Hope chair Gideon Sa’ar announced his four-seat party’s departure from the coalition on Monday evening, two weeks after dissolving his political alliance with Benny Gantz, after his demands to be appointed to the high-level war cabinet were not met.
Declaring that his party had not joined the emergency government following October 7 in order to “warm chairs,” Sa’ar stated that, while he had previously set aside his disagreements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition for “the good of the country,” the government had so far failed to achieve its war aims in Gaza and he felt that he had no ability to influence its prosecution of the conflict.
The coalition now shrinks from 76 to 72 seats in the 120-member Knesset, and thus Sa’ar’s departure poses no immediate threat to its stability. However, it may boost pressure on Gantz to quit the emergency government, too. |
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