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Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (L) speaks with Ra'am MK Mazen Ghanaim (R) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2022, 8:17 pm
Rebel Ra’am, Meretz MKs bow out of their parties after turbulent stints
Mazen Ghanaim to leave national politics and become mayor of Sakhnin; Ghaida Rinawie-Zoabi not ruling out run with different party in coming vote
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach seen leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, where he met with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, June 12, 2022 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 16, 2022, 10:36 am
Yamina rebel Orbach said nearing deal to defect to Likud
Report says lawmaker was promised 19th spot on Likud’s electoral slate for next election, plus a ministerial role; coalition fears preliminary Knesset dispersal vote next week
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Knesset during a '40 signatures debate' in the plenum hall on June 13, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 10:56 pm
Bennett warns coalition will collapse within a week or two unless MKs end rebellion
On 1st anniversary of taking power, PM says ruling bloc members ‘haven’t internalized’ importance of the hour; Netanyahu claims premier fighting for his job, not the country
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach seen leaving the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, after meeting with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, June 12, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2022, 6:28 pm
Yamina MK Nir Orbach quits coalition; PM admits it could collapse ‘in a week or two’
Departing MK puts gov’t into minority; claims Arab MKs Ghanaim, Zoabi held it hostage; won’t yet vote for elections but will work to form alternative gov’t with ‘patriotic spirit’
By ToI Staff
MK Mazen Ghanaim on the Knesset floor, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2022, 3:10 pm
Ra’am shakeup may pave way for rebellious MK Ghanaim to leave Knesset
Alaa al-Din Jabareen, next in line for Knesset seat, steps aside, putting an Abbas loyalist on Knesset threshold instead; Ra’am MK denies party seeking Ghanaim’s resignation
By Aaron Boxerman and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (2nd right) and Yair Lapid (C) at the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 12, 2022 (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL)
June 12, 2022, 2:09 pm
Bennett, Lapid in unity plea as coalition teeters: ‘We won’t give up on our country’
PM, Yamina’s Orbach meet again; Sa’ar advances contentious settler law bill; Meretz leadership to discuss rebel MK Rinawie Zoabi; Ra’am seems to prep for wayward MK Ghanaim’s exit
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 12, 2022, 6:49 am
Rebel Meretz MK says she’s ‘lost faith’ in coalition leaders
Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi indicates she won’t submit to pressure to quit; coalition also dealing with threats from the right, with Bennett set to meet Sunday with Yamina MK Orbach
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi in the Knesset plenum on May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2022, 5:37 pm
Meretz activists protest outside rebel MK’s home, call for her resignation
Report says left-wing party and fellow coalition faction Ra’am have told PM they’ve lost control of Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi and Mazen Ghanaim
By ToI Staff
Yamina MK Nir Orbach arrives for a party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on May 16, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 9, 2022, 1:00 am
Yamina’s Orbach said in talks to ditch coalition for Likud; MK denies reports
Lawmaker said to have told Bennett the government has no chance of surviving; colleague Silman threatens to release damaging documents if he lets party declare her a defector
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi seen after a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid outside the Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem, May 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2022, 7:25 pm
After helping sink key bill, rebel Meretz MK reportedly vows to do it again
Meanwhile, Ra’am chief says if coalition crisis continues, he will back new elections; settler leader slams opposition for voting against bill renewing Israeli law for settlers
By ToI Staff
Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (L) speaks with Ra'am MK Mazen Ghanaim (R) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2022, 11:48 pm
Calls intensify for coalition MKs who torpedoed key bill to resign from Knesset
Yamina appears to not be in a hurry to label renegade MK Idit Silman a defector, but MKs Rinawie Zoabi and Ghanaim face pressure to quit parliament and make room for others
By ToI Staff
Justice Minister Gideon Saar leads a New Hope faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2022, 11:29 pm
Sa’ar to try again to advance settler law bill, admits coalition may be on last legs
Justice minister says he ‘cannot be blind to the possibility that this [coalition] experiment has run its course,’ but insists he won’t sit in a government with Netanyahu
By Amy Spiro
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (C) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2022, 7:21 pm
Key losses expose fatal threats facing Bennett’s coalition from every direction
Failed votes on settler bill and ministerial post deepen the cracks in a coalition that was once vaunted for its myriad ideologies but now risks being felled by them
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
(R-L) Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz seen during a discussion and a vote on the 'West Bank bill' at the Knesset on June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2022, 1:14 pm
Lapid says MKs who can’t back coalition ‘should leave,’ after some torpedo key bill
Asked if government is near its end, Bennett says ‘absolutely not’; rebel lawmakers face pressure to quit Knesset as coalition weighs next steps after failing to renew settler law
By Tobias Siegal and Carrie Keller-Lynn
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett makes a call before voting on a law on the legal status of Israelis in the West Bank, during a session of the Knesset, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
June 7, 2022, 2:14 am
After Knesset loss, opponents tell PM to quit, coalition vows to come back stronger
Silence of New Hope’s Gideon Sa’ar, who had said vote was a test of coalition’s desire to survive, raises fresh questions over how long fragile 8-party alliance can survive
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
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