If there were new elections, by then the government of Jair Lapid continued. That would benefit him, Lintl said. Although Lapid cannot make any fundamental decisions, he can continue to present himself and his direction.
Lintl considers a third scenario – in addition to new elections – to be “extremely questionable”: It is unlikely that a party from the anti-Netanyahu camp will therefore become part of a coalition under the former prime minister accused of corruption in order to prevent a right-wing extremist party in the government .
According to Lintl, if the right-wing extremist party entered the government, Israel would change significantly and Israel’s position in the world would deteriorate. “I can’t imagine that German ministers would like to be photographed with right-wing extremist politicians.”
A so-called judicial reform has already been announced in the event of a right-wing coalition under Netanyahu. This provides for a disempowerment of the Supreme Court: Parliament could therefore overrule decisions of the court.
Many challenges
According to Lintl, there are a number of issues that a government would need to address. In any case, “the Palestinian issue is urgent.” The West Bank is in danger of collapsing.
In any case, the coming government will have to deal with the question of whether civil law should continue to apply to Israeli settlers. Military law applies to Palestinians. The last coalition collapsed over this question.