Internal tensions within the coalition: The Blue and White party is demanding that the new version of the Norwegian law be put to a vote in the Knesset plenum today (Monday).
Likud, on the other hand, claims that the law will not be voted on in the plenum today, and reminds that there are more urgent issues on the agenda, including the Corona laws.
""With all due respect to the Norwegian law, the Corona Law and its accompanying laws are much more important," Likud sources clarified.
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At the coalition management meeting that will convene at 1:00 PM, they will attempt to reach an understanding regarding the Norwegian law.
Meanwhile, talks between the parties began today to change the coalition agreement.
The background to the tensions is the Prime Minister's desire to force Blue and White to amend the government's Basic Law once again, in a way that he believes will reduce the possibility of the High Court of Justice interfering in the coalition agreement signed between the parties.
Likud wants to condition their support for the approval of the Norwegian law on Blue and White's consent to the legislative process initiated by Netanyahu, while Blue and White demands that Likud fulfill its part in the coalition agreement.
Last night, Channel 12 quoted the Prime Minister's close aide, Natan Eshel, who recommended not allowing the Norwegian law to be enacted for the time being, following statements by Blue and White ministers against the Prime Minister.
Eshel was quoted as saying: "When every minister with a nose who doesn't yet know where to park his ministry car personally attacks the prime minister. When the fourth largest faction thinks it runs the country. When Blue and White, who received everything and gave nothing, want to pass a Norwegian law that is different from the law agreed upon in the coalition agreement. I would let them sweat before I would give them a gift for which there is no obligation and reject at this stage the possibility of passing it.".
At the beginning of the month, the Knesset approved on first reading the Norwegian law, which was intended to allow ministers and deputy ministers who resign from the Knesset to return to serve in it, if their term in government ends. The bill, which 64 MKs voted in favor of and 38 voted against, was passed to the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee for preparation for second and third readings.
