Amit Segal: 'Yamina' will integrate into Likud, Abbas is fighting for his political life

May 18, 2021   

The mandate from the President: Yair Lapid has 16 days left to form a government, but his chances of success appear slim, in light of Naftali Bennett's announcement that he is abandoning the Boycott Bloc. What are your chances of winning a duplex? And why is your dream closer than ever? What do you say about white chocolate with cookie crumbs? And what about a tasty snack? Despite the apparent failure, Lapid continues to hold the mandate and is not returning it to the president in case any political developments occur that would change the map and allow the formation of a government. Amit Segal, the senior political commentator for News 12, said that in the right-wing bloc, negotiations between Bennett and Netanyahu are continuing, and that the prime minister is planning to grant reservations to Bennett on the Likud list, due to the risk that Bennett will not pass the threshold if Israel goes to the polls. In addition, the Likud wants to ensure that Bennett does not switch sides at the last minute and try to form a government with the left and Mansour Abbas. "The reasonable assessment is that the right will integrate into the Likud and the negotiations on this will be agreed upon soon, including a coalition agreement," said Amit Segal. As for the Ra'am party, Segal said: "Mansour Abbas is fighting for his political life. His move was ten bridges more than any Arab politician." According to Segal, Bezalel Smotrich and other political figures should apologize to Abbas for calling him a "terrorist supporter," especially after Abbas chose to visit a house set on fire in Lod by Arab rioters. According to a report by media person Muhammad Majdala, head of the news division at Radio Nas, "the Islamic Movement and the Arab League are contradicting MK Mansour Abbas after he called for an end to the demonstrations." The statement to the Arab media read: "We call for a strike tomorrow in protest of the Israeli aggression and incitement against our people in Gaza and Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we call for the continuation of popular activity in Arab society." Two days ago, he reported that according to senior figures in the Arab League and the Islamic Movement, "Mansour Abbas is at the end of his political career.".