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2024-01-23 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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No-confidence motion against Netanyahu fails in Knesset, with only 18 votes in favor
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[IsraelTimes] Vote boycotted by the coalition; opposition’s Liberman: It’s impractical to hold elections during wartime.
Thank goodness that’s over for the moment. With the government’s popularity plummeting, a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nevertheless garnered only 18 votes in the Knesset on Monday evening, falling far short of the necessary majority to pass in the 120-strong Knesset plenum.
The vote was boycotted by the coalition, whose heads stated earlier in the day that they would “not take part in political theater during wartime.”
The measure, brought by the Labor party, cited the government’s “failure” to secure the return of the 136 Israelis still held hostage in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu’s inability to return the remaining captives has opened him up to increasing criticism from their families as well as his political opponents.
...neatly displaying the difference between politicians and statesmen. In response, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the coalition’s far-right Religious Zionism party declared: “There is an agreed-upon election date in two and a half years. The law determined it, the Israeli public and society determined it.”
Smotrich also rejected calls for another ceasefire in Gaza, saying, “The claim that it is possible now to release hostages and return after a month or two to fight and eliminate Hamas is science fiction.”
His comments were echoed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who stated that “we have the moral duty to return [hostages] home and fight for [them] but we also have an obligation” to make sure that the rest of Israel’s millions of citizens are safe.
Police drag away protesters blocking Knesset at rally calling for new elections
[IsraelTimes] No arrests at second demonstration this month; outgoing Labor head Merav Michaeli says she wants to ‘move government’ on hostage issue as pressure on Netanyahu appears to grow. 
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