The question is no longer whether an election will take place in 2024, but rather when in 2024.
The slight jump in popularity for Netanyahu and his party comes after senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri’s assassination in Beirut, as well as two dramatic rulings of Israel’s High Court.
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: One-year anniversaries are typically occasions when governments boast about all their accomplishments, but these are far from normal times.
The growing alliance with Smotrich disrupts budgets, frustrates Likud, and tests Biden's patience. Netanyahu, once a seasoned politician, is acting like a political novice.
National Unity MK Matan Kahana addresses the emergency government amid the ongoing war
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attacked the opposition and even employees of his ministry, calling the latter antisemitic, due to opposing the funds for settlements.
While the original coalition funds in the state budget were cut down for the amended budget, they still include billions of shekels.
INSIDE POLITICS: The Netanyahu government's wartime budget amid the freeing of hostages shows that while Israel is united in grief, fear, and sorrow, the coalition still looks out only for itself.
The AG's instructions come after coalition funds have been debated continuously over the course of the last month.
The Finance Ministry claimed that the funds it was seeking had already been approved before the war but hadn't been transferred yet.