Opposition’s right-wing camp says won’t back government legislation

The heads of the opposition’s so-called “Nationalist Camp” say they will not help the government pass legislation.

In a Knesset press conference, Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich says “We won’t be its crutches.”

The statement is well-timed, as the coalition is expected to bring to vote today a bill required to renew extension of Israeli law over the West Bank’s Area C — a measure ideologically supported by all of the Nationalist Camp heads.

“It’s prohibited to support this government in any law,” says Shas party leader Aryeh Deri, who left the Knesset as part of a plea deal earlier this year.

Deri adds that the Nationalist Camp wants to reshuffle seats within the current Knesset to form an alternative government headed by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu. “That’s our goal, that’s where we’re heading.”