Ehud Barak is determined to carry Labor into Bibi Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition, even though he only got about a 57-43 split on the party vote to coalition.
Some Labor members are already making noises about refusing to follow Barak, and instead staying in opposition.
I’ll bet at least 7 of Labor’s 27 Knesset members do that, enough to make Bibi’s “grand coalition” a bit less grand, especially if Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and her Kadima Party continue resisting Bibi’s blandishments.
Bibi, meanwhile, even though his Israel the only state policy is directly contrary to U.S. foreign policy on Palestine, is drooling at the prospect of getting at least half of Labor into coalition. It gives him at least partial cover, lets him ignore the worst of Avigdor Lieberman and so forth.
At the same time, if this causes an official split in Labor, so much the better from a Likud Party perspective.
I never thought that weasel would ever come back to power. But, not only has he, he looks to be stronger than before.
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