Is Israel’s Government on the Brink of Collapse?
Reports of the Israeli coalition’s demise and Netanyahu’s comeback are greatly exaggerated. For now.
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On Wednesday morning, Israel was rocked by a revolt that appeared to reshuffle its political map. A single lawmaker from the governing coalition, Idit Silman, dramatically announced that she would be defecting to the opposition. Why does this move by someone most people have never heard of matter? It’s math. The Israeli parliament, or Knesset, has 120 seats.
