In a rare case of disagreement with Dry Bones, I don't quite see this motley crew as not trusting Netanyahu. I see two different things:
- The party leaders who have signed with, or have promised to sign with Bibi all want to replace him as Prime Minister.
- It's not that they don't trust Bibi, he doesn't really trust them.
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Tsippi Livni, Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett and Shaul Mofaz are the party leaders who've signed up (according to media leaks) with Bibi along with Avigdor Lieberman. They all consider themselves national leaders and potential Prime Ministers.
Mofaz and Livni have been rapidly losing support, while Lapid and Bennett have captured the imagination of the public. No doubt that Netanyahu will have a very challenging time trying to keep them all in line and functioning as a government.
Good luck Israel!
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Batya, I think you've hit the nail on the head. Another problem is that the religious public is making the transition from the minor league sectoral interest protection to the major league of serious national leadership. Feiglin made that claim in the Likud and the Bayit Yehudi under Bennett picked it up. The problem is that it leaves the hareidim suddenly high and dry. They are about to be dragged kicking and screaming into the new era when many of their own people can't say it but want it just the same. People are tired of generations of enforced artificial poverty and it won't stick anymore. For a lot of kids it's Nahal Hareidi or off the derech and their political leadership doesn't get it. They are cursing Bennett who is in reality the true advocate of those hareidim who have no voice, including, of course, the women, who want their men to make a living so they can spend some time at home with their kids. But they certainly can't say that.
goyish, I wonder how long the chareidim can continue their lifestyle with the financial burden and stress. Friends with many chareidi relatives say that people are physically breaking down because they just can't afford it.
G-d bless israel. many if not all my rabbis over the last 20 years via the net are called hareidim. like breslov, chabad and some sefardic. i pray very hard that Hashem will not let them or their children lack in anything.
tonight is the 1 nissan where jews will be saying the birkat ha'ilanot prayer. may their numerous merits which ar e like the pomegranate seeds be worthy enough to overcome this present problem. G-d bless and happy nissan, the month of miracles. may it be so for israel too.
sorry, i meant tomorrow morning after the prayers, the birkat ha'ilanot prayers are said
amen, thanks, 10
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