"For all its unruliness, no Knesset has ever suggested anything remotely like canceling elections." There has never been a Knesset as hardline, Orthodox and extreme right-wing as this one, in which the Likud party is the quasi moderating 'adult in the room'. Limiting civil rights of Arabs, LGBTQ individuals or the non-Orthodox is not far…
"For all its unruliness, no Knesset has ever suggested anything remotely like canceling elections."
There has never been a Knesset as hardline, Orthodox and extreme right-wing as this one, in which the Likud party is the quasi moderating 'adult in the room'. Limiting civil rights of Arabs, LGBTQ individuals or the non-Orthodox is not far-fetched in the least.
When the judiciary is effectively neutered and 61 'you scratch my back I'll scratch yours' potentially corrupt MKs have free rein to legislate away any rights they wish, we should not be surprised if elections are 'tweaked' to allow Netanyahu to stay in power indefinitely.
"For all its unruliness, no Knesset has ever suggested anything remotely like canceling elections."
There has never been a Knesset as hardline, Orthodox and extreme right-wing as this one, in which the Likud party is the quasi moderating 'adult in the room'. Limiting civil rights of Arabs, LGBTQ individuals or the non-Orthodox is not far-fetched in the least.
When the judiciary is effectively neutered and 61 'you scratch my back I'll scratch yours' potentially corrupt MKs have free rein to legislate away any rights they wish, we should not be surprised if elections are 'tweaked' to allow Netanyahu to stay in power indefinitely.