Racing the clock: Lapid fears Netanyahu will form alternative government
Chances for succeeding seem low, but opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu does not give up on the possibility of establishing an alternative government.
Will chairman of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu succeed in building an alternative government in this Knesset, and stopping the election train?
That’s the big fear of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who is expected to enter the prime minister’s office next week to replace Naftali Bennett, for the transition period until the next elections.
If this scenario of Netanyahu is realized, Lapid would be the big loser.
The political crisis in Israel is so deep and acute that scenarios that seemed extreme in the not-distant past are happening one after the other. On June 20, Bennett and Lapid called a press conference that shook the electoral system. They announced their intention to dissolve the Knesset and hold an early election, and that Lapid would immediately replace Bennett in the prime minister’s office. This means that Bennett will leave his position within a week.
