Dramatic day • Silman and Rinawi-Zoabi announced: We will vote against the coalition today

June 6, 2022   

Will MK Idit Silman raise her hand for the first time against the Bennett-Lapid government? Close associates of MK Yamina said today (Monday), after consultations, that she intends to vote against the extension of the Judea and Samaria law. The Yamina party has sent threats to Silman and warned her that if she harms the coalition by voting against it, she will be declared to have resigned from the faction in the coming days. Hours before the fateful vote, MK Jida Rinaoui-Zoabi from Meretz also unexpectedly announced that she will oppose the law. "I will not vote in favor of renewing the regulations that perpetuate the occupation. "The continuation of the coalition is important to me, but I cannot vote for such a law," she told News 12. Before Silman and Rinaoui-Zoabi's announcement, the coalition estimated that it would be possible to mobilize Ra'am to vote for the law, but now, when it appears that there will be no majority, the coalition is concerned that Ra'am will have difficulty supporting it. Ra'am will likely wait for the vote to begin, see how it progresses, and decide to vote accordingly. MK Mazen Ganaim from Ra'am told Radio Haifa: "If the government falls, it will be Sa'ar and Bennett's problem. Everyone will see today how I will vote." Speaking to News 12, Ganaim added: "I keep what I am going to vote to myself. I keep my cards close to my chest. Everyone will hear when they put the issue to a vote, everyone will hear my opinion. They will not be able to provoke me, what I believe is what I am going to vote.".