By: Jerusalem Post Staff – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
With the resignation of MK Idit Silman from the coalition, there are now four possible scenarios of what will come next.
With the resignation of MK Idit Silman from the coalition, here are four possible scenarios of what will come next:
1. Domino effect
Another member of the Knesset quits the coalition and helps the opposition – led by Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu – to pass a bill dispersing the Knesset and taking Israel to a new election.
In this event, immediately after the dispersion of the Knesset, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid would become prime minister until the formation of a new government.
For Silman, the ideal situation would be for another member of Yamina to break away from the party so that she can then – together with earlier Yamina rebel MK Amichai Chikli – form a new faction that would be able to merge with an existing party and run in a new election.
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