Likud MK and coalition chairman Tzachi Hanegbi assesses that opposition leader Isaac Herzog wants to join the government but cannot do so because of opposing voices within his party, Israel Radio reports.
Hanegbi says that after the election, Herzog was forced to compete against Meretz leader Zehava Galon and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid to be the leading voice in the opposition, and adds that “it looks like he will go the same route as his predecessors” who led the Labor party, who lost their chairmanships after losing elections.
Hanegbi notes that Zionist Union’s position may grow weaker after the state budget is approved. The approval of the state budget is considered the most significant vote of confidence of a Knesset in the government, and in Israeli politics, budget discussions preceding the vote are traditionally the arena where opposition parties do their utmost to bring a government down.
Zionist Union MK Eitan Cabel later says the party has no intention of joining the coalition and says he hopes the issue will be dropped from public discourse.
Tzachi Hanegbi (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
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