“The narrow governing coalition must pass a 2021 budget by November 14, and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other ministers have warned against rocking the boat in the run-up to that vote. If the much-delayed budget — it would be the first state budget to be approved in over three years — does not pass by the deadline, the coalition will automatically dissolve, triggering new elections. But rifts centering around a number of measures taken by the new government regarding the conflict with the Palestinians have coalition parties on the left claiming they have been frozen out and warning of a looming confrontation.”
Head of the left wing Meretz party and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz
“In a clear sign of the increasingly public tensions, the management of the left-wing Meretz coalition party published a statement Sunday night voicing “concern about a series of unilateral steps taken by cabinet ministers regarding policies toward the Palestinians in the territories and settlement expansion.” (m0re…)