Coalition Insurance, Terms Apply

The next government has yet to find a majority. Offers to keep it alive are already arriving.

On Oct. 10, Joint List chairman Yousef Jabareen offered a parliamentary “safety net” to any government replacing Netanyahu.

The price is negotiations over Arab citizens’ rights and a political path toward Palestinian statehood. “We are not giving anyone a blank check,” he said. The opposition’s emergency exit has a price list.

United Torah Judaism is keeping its options open. MK Yitzhak Pindrus says the party is outside Netanyahu’s bloc and has yet to decide how it would vote on an Eisenkot government. Its lawmakers will vote together. The destination remains negotiable; the seats come as a package.

Bennett has ruled out a government dependent on Arab parties. Liberman says there will be no coalition with them. Jabareen is offering support from outside the cabinet, where an indispensable vote carries weight without a ministerial title.

Netanyahu’s challengers campaign on replacing his political bargains. Arab and Haredi parties are already offering them fresh ones.

A “safety net” sounds more respectable than dependence. It still has to hold the government’s weight.

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