Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni have today announced their parties are going to combine lists into a common block, representing 25 members of parliament, in an attempt to push a resumption of peace talks.
Livni says the two parties will be working together against “Danny Danonism and extreme nationalism.” She added that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s party would cooperate with them on religious issues, as secular members of the coalition.
With 25 members of a 68 MP coalition, the two parties could easily topple the coalition if they don’t get their way. They are lining themselves up in direct opposition to Naftali Bennett’s Jewish Home party, as well as the far-right wing of Likud (including recently fired Deputy DM Danny Danon).
The block underscores what is likely a march to an early election in Israel, with the collapse of peace talks giving the moderates like Livni less and less excuse for remaining in a coalition increasingly dominated by hawks.
Peace process — A paradise for Empire builders
Since the brutal imperialism of their invasion in 1948, a full 66 years of brutal occupation, the “Peace process” has guaranteed that Empire expansion shall spread like cancer throughout all of Palestine.
They've left this to very late in the day. A lot of damage has been done to the best prospects for peace (purposely so).