Comments on: Shas and Likud Coalition Negotiations Deadlocked

By: nfgo3

nfgo3 — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:24:16 +0000

Terrible article. It left out the most important information, i.e., the nose count of parties and Knesset seats that Likud has or is expected to have in its coalition.

What are the chances that Likud can form a government? One would not know from reading this article. My own personal belief, supported only by my suspicions of Mr. Deri’s and Mr. Netanyahu’s motives and integrity, is that Deri is trying to position himself closer the the Israeli treasury, for the same reason that Willie Sutton robbed banks. And Netanyahu is desperate to remain PM, mostly for reasons of his personal vanity.

By: yaakov4

yaakov4 — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:26:49 +0000

Not sure why Bibi isn’t showing proper respect to Deri, by offering to split the prime minster term with him.I think that would satisfy Deri & if Deri received that fair offer it he’d drop all his other demands.

By: akuperma

akuperma — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:23:04 +0000

Shas is incredibly vulnerable since: 1) it did poorly in the last election, losting a large number of seats; 2) most Israelis are opposed to both hareidim and Sefardim, so from their perspective, teaching Shas a less is a “two for the price of one”; 3) Several secular parties not likely to join the coalition might change their minds if given the opportunity to be “the party that kept Shas out of the government”