[IsraelTimes] MK Nir Orbach, regarded as greatest potential threat to Bennett-Lapid government, privately says he won’t torpedo it, according to multiple reports, but nail-biting 10 days ahead.
The eight-party coalition that aims to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears increasingly likely to secure the necessary majority support in the Knesset, Israel’s two main news stations reported Friday night.
The assessment among all members of the "change bloc," led by Prime Minister-designate Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, is that the coalition will indeed be sworn in, Channel 12 said, with a wafer-thin 61-59 majority. |