What will Lieberman do if the government with the Haredim is not formed
Against the backdrop of the impasse in negotiations on forming a new government and the uncertainty surrounding the future coalition, news editor of the newspaper 'Yated Ne'eman' Aryeh Zisman analyzed the possible further steps of…
Assessment
Aryeh Zissman, editor of the ultra Orthodox Yated Neeman, is publicly mapping Avigdor Lieberman's options if coalition talks with the Haredi parties collapse. The first scenario he outlines a minority government backed by Arab parties would be a seismic shift in Israeli politics. Lieberman, who has long positioned himself as a secular hawk, would be allying with the very factions he has spent years attacking. This analysis from a Haredi newspaper signals that the religious bloc is preparing its base for the possibility that Lieberman may not fold. The next move to watch is whether Lieberman himself confirms or denies these scenarios.