Benyamin Netanyahu loose by ultraorthodox: his coalition government in very pitiful state

After the “twelve day war” led by Israel against Iran from June 13 to 24. Therefore, which caused 1,060 people (soldiers and civilians) on the Iranian side, the New York Times qualified the operation of operation “Political resurrection” For Benyamin Netanyahu, marking “The culmination of a difficult return after reaching the lowest point of his long political career”.

While the government of the Hebrew state continues to be materially supported by the West in its war in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, notably receiving substantial military aid from the United States as of France, the coast of the Israeli Prime Minister seems however to have been started by two years of business increasingly qualified as “genocidal”.

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For the past week. Consequently, after announcements, on Monday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 16, the government of Benyamin Netanyahu has lost suddenly the support of two ultra -backodox parties, the unified Judaism of the Torah (UTJ) and the Shas, both opposed to the lifting of the exemption from military service from which the Jewish students ultraore (or Hared “Fearing God”).

Positioned on the far right, the Shas withdrew from the government, but remains at the Knesset within the coalition. In addition, If he were to imitate the very conservative Utj. Moreover, completely slam the door, he could leave the government coalition to only 50 elected officials out of the 120 deputies in the Israeli parliament. benyamin netanyahu loose ultraorthodox: his With the moment 61 seats. the government in power therefore has only a very short majority, which would place it in very bad posture in the event of early elections, analyzes the American magazine The Atlantic.

An extreme right coalition

Benyamin Netanyahu has built his current majority by joining his Likud party with ultra -backodox training. those in extreme right, in exchange for generous public subsidies and the maintenance of the exemption from military service for Haredim, acquired in 1948 and which today concerns 13% of the Israeli population.

However. in the context of the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, this exceptional regime became more and more unpopular and, in June 2024, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the conscription of ultraorthodox students in Talmudic Schools. While the debates aimed at modifying this law intensify in Parliament, Benyamin Netanyahu is gradually alienating his most radical support.

On the side of extreme right ultra benyamin netanyahu loose ultraorthodox: his -nationalists. which push for the pursuit of the genocide and the colonization of the Palestinian territories, the Trumpian inclinations to end war are also badly received and stir up tensions.

Benyamin Netanyahu is therefore working on length to save time. After having narrowly escaped a dissolution in June. he will be able to count on the summer parliamentary holidays, which will start on July 27, will continue during the Jewish festivals – just at the end of October – and will therefore prohibit the Parliament to vote a dissolution. This will also allow him to postpone new elections, to try to refound a majority coalition.

Since the start of the war waged by Israel in the Gaza Strip in October 2023. at least 59,029 people have been killed in the enclave, the vast majority of civilians, according to data from the Ministry of Health of Hamas, deemed reliable by the United Nations benyamin netanyahu loose ultraorthodox: his (UN).