Netanyahu now has until December 21 to finalize his coalition.
The Knesset Speaker replaces the president if he becomes incapacitated.
Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.
By JoeSettler
Blue&White will lose if they try to force Amir Peretz to give up his cozy new chair as Knesset Speaker, and Peretz has his own long-term agenda.
By JoeSettler
For Blue&White, running the country is secondary to getting rid of Netanyahu.
"You ... turned the word ‘leftist’ to a synonym for ‘enemy,'” Zionist Camp MK Isaac Herzog accused the prime minister.
The wife of Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Tatiana (Tania) Edelstein passed away on Thursday night at age 63. The Edelsteins became religious while still living in the USSR, where Tatiana was a Hebrew teacher and promoted Aliyah until they were allowed to leave to Israel. While still in the USSR, Yuli was arrested, as Jewish […]