some post-election and pre-elections thoughts:
1. last night, as it was all going down in the Knesset, it was a madhouse, with breaking news reports coming fast and furious, changing positions, trying to persuade new combinations of parties to join, and all sorts of craziness. It was wild.
2. Gafni today said he is going to recommend the party decide to not be willing to sit with Lieberman in any future coalition. Soon they wont have anyone to sit with.
3. Gafni, additionally, said, he would be fine with sitting with Lapid in a coalition. He said he never invalidated Lapid - only Litzman did and they do not always agree. Just remember, MK Gafni, that as one party, you either sit with someone or not. The fact that you and Litzman disagree is cute but as a party you have to decide what you will do. Unless you split up with Degel sitting with Lapid and Aguda not sitting.
4. Lieberman today spoke up and had some interestign things to say. One point he said was funny, in response to PM Netanyahu's attacks on him. Lieberman pointed out that someone who lives in Cesaria is trying to call someone who lives in the settlement of Nokdim a leftist - it doesn't work. That's funny.
5. Reports this morning had Netanyahu discussing intenrall in the Likud the possibility of preempting any future coalition talks with a statement that the Likud will not sit with Yisrael Beyteynu. Locking them out of any future coalition. Netanyahu might now be trying to destroy Yisrael Beyteynu and ensure they do not cross the threshold in the upcoming elections. If Lieberman survives, let alone thrives with popular support because of his stance, this might come back to bite Netanyahu when he can't form another coalition.
6. Zehut says they are running again, though it will be a more "modest" campaign. I guess that means no foot slapping on national television this time around.
7. What is going to happen with all the other parties that ran last time but did not pass - Hayemin Hechadash (Bennett/Shaked), Gesher, Oren Hazzan, and many others? I guess we'll find out soon enough. Even if they run again, or even if they don't, which party will their supporters vote for this time?
8. Netanyahu's behavior last night was horrendous, in my opinion. No shame. Doing anything just to stay in power. Everything was personal, and nothing for the good of the country, except that maybe he thinks he is the only thing good for the country. The thing that bothered me the most that I can think of was when I saw reported last night that he was making offers to all sorts of MKs from other parties to jump ship in exchange for straight out political bribes. Because they would not be able to run again on their current parties next time if they jump ship, he offered them cushy jobs to jump ship. Others, such as Druze MKs, he tried to persuade to jump ship with promises of walking back the nation state law passed in the last Knesset and reversing it. Whether you like the law or not, I dislike the law being used for personal benefit - have an ideology - pass a law, don't pass a law, whatever - just don't pass it one day because you need to for this and then reverse it the next day because you need to for that (especially with "that" being personal.
9. I almost hope that because of the way Netanyahu behaved yesterday the Likud MKs and central committee votes against him, rebels, or somehow chases him out of town into retirement. And if not, I hope the people punish him in the upcoming elections.
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