"The rift between Netanyahu and Levin deepens": What led to the crisis between the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice?

Following her publication this morning (Monday) in Maariv, in which she revealed that Netanyahu's associates believe that "Minister Levin is leading to the explosion of talks" around the issue of reforming the judicial system, Anna Barski, Maariv's political reporter, spoke with Gadi Ness on his program on Radio North 104.5FM.

At the beginning of her remarks, Barski noted that "the talks at the President's House have not been renewed, and not only that, I checked whether there was a schedule for the continuation of the talks and they told me that there is no schedule for the continuation of the talks. We are waiting for one thing and one thing – how will the saga end with the election of Knesset representatives to the committee for the selection of judges in its current composition I remind you that the next day is the deadline for submitting nominations, and even then, we won't really know what the direction is because each side can present more than one candidate, this does not mean that an understanding is reached for the elections on June 14, and it is also possible to remove a candidate, so I think the tension will not fade away."

She revealed that she "heard from sources in Likud that the rift between Netanyahu and Levin is deepening, with both sources from Levin's side confirming and sources from Netanyahu's side. The situation really very much confirms this picture. Because Netanyahu, if only he were asked, and a few other sources, are sure that Avoid the explosion as much as possible, and an explosion will come if they do not reach an agreement on the selection of the representatives in the committee for the selection of judges. And even, if the representatives are really chosen but Levin's opponent does not enter the committee, in the end it will probably lead to an explosion in the talks and some futures have been saying this for two weeks. There are really many Beyond the discussion for the purpose of the debate."

"Levin's opponent is very pessimistic," she noted. "In closed conversations, he makes it clear that he will not give up the committee for selecting judges, he said, 'I don't care who the members of the Knesset really will be, I will not convene the committee if the coalition does not have a majority and if there is no consensus regarding the identities of the candidates for the supreme authority.' About an exercise that might be worth promoting – in general, to cause the election of two opposition representatives and none of the coalition representatives, and then we will reach an absurd situation that will force Netanyahu to give up and allow Levin to promote the legislation. That is why Levin says he is pessimistic, he also does not believe in the factor of elections to the Bar Association." .

Barski added: "As mentioned, Netanyahu is very angry about this and I have heard from people close to the prime minister that he is personally critical of Levin's opponent and that he recently rejected several initiatives of agreements with the opposition. The idea also came up to perhaps present Mansur Abbas as an opposition representative. A real idea came up In the last week around Netanyahu, perhaps the representative of the opposition that should be supported is actually Mansur Abbas, because he is not connected to the games led by Yesh Atid and the state camp, so maybe we can talk to him autonomously, and they also claimed that his positions are conservative. Tonight Netanyahu met with the representatives of the Arab factions in the Knesset, this is another sign of Netanyahu to show that he is reaching out. According to the reports of Netanyahu's people, all these ideas were torpedoed by Levin. I think that there is really a rift and anger and frustration from Netanyahu who, on the one hand, does not want to end up in an explosion, but also does not want to end up in an explosion with the Minister of Justice."

Towards the end, she updated on the message that Netanyahu conveyed to the United States: "The message is not new, this is what Israel says in several options, and it does not mean that tomorrow we will take independent action against Iran. It means that in Israel we are worried about several trends that are happening at the same time. On the one hand, an interim agreement that is supposedly happening between Iran and the United States, and if everything is true and he succeeds, he will end up giving Iran a year – a year and a half in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, something that Israel strongly opposes."

"We see that the United States has less faith in Israel's path. At the same time, we see with great concern what is happening here in the region, we saw that the commander of the Iranian Navy announced that there is a regional alliance, this worries Israel terribly. At the same time, there is a similar alliance, for the protection of shipping led by the United States The capital, which only recently became the United Arab Emirates, is leaving this alliance in favor of an alliance with Iran. This is very worrisome and makes Natehiu say over and over again that Israel will not give up, and in the end even if it is left alone it will not give up on itself, this is the message," she concluded.


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