Coalition Gov’t in Israel Likely But It Won’t Be Stable: Expert
INTERNATIONAL QURAN NEWS AGENCY
“The only thing that unites the different parties – form the center to the political right – is their opposition to (Benjamin) Netanyahu. If they succeed in establishing a government, it’s hard to see it lasting – certainly to the end of its mandate,” Guy Burton told IQNA in an interview.
Guy Burton is a visiting fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre and (as of January 2019) an Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Vesalius College in Brussels.
Following is part of the interview with the scholar:
IQNA: How do you assess the recent developments in Israeli domestic politics and efforts by the coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu's rivals to form a government?
Burton: It now looks likely that a coalition government will be formed, but it won’t be a stable one. The only thing that unites the different parties – form the center to the political right – is their opposition to Netanyahu. If they succeed in establishing a government, it’s hard to see it lasting – certainly to the end of its mandate.
So I think that it’s likely that before long Israel will have another election: the fifth one in two years. But even if that happens, right now it’s hard to see that the result will be any different. Although the political landscape in Israel has shifted very much to the right, no one party can win enough seats on its own to form a government. So negotiations for a coalition will happen again.
