Unintended Consequences of Israel’s Hung Parliament

Israel’s hung political situation due to election results, is having some unintended results. It doesn’t look like it is going to end anytime soon, Israeli media is calling it a 99% chance that Israel is going back to elections for a third time, probably sometime in March. The next few days will determine that for certain. Due to political posturing Naftali Bennett became Israel’s defence minister on November 12 — just under a month ago. The defence ministry is a sought after and very important portfolio, especially so in Israel. Naftali Bennett had tried to get the post previously, but had been turned down by Netanyahu. Now he has been appointed to the job in the intern government headed by Netanyahu of the Likud party. Bennett is from the small New Right party. Naftali Bennett is more right wing and a national religious Zionist.