Zionist Union chairman Avi Gabbay says that it is possible to bring the government down “within a month,” but that the Yesh Atid chairman is giving the coalition a lifeline by supporting the ultra-Orthodox conscription bill.
“Everything is resting on Yesh Atid,” he tells his faction at the opening of the Knesset winter session.
“But Lapid has decided to support the conscription law, to support Netanyahu and to sell his values for his own seat in the next government,” Gabbay says.
“Friends, it is time for elections and we are ready for them,” adds Gabbay, amid speculation tensions over the Haredi draft law could drive the government to call early elections. Elections are currently scheduled for November 2019.
“Netanyahu will not get 30 seats and won’t be the next prime minister,” he says.
— Raoul Wootliff
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