Yamina in a sentence

Bennett and Netanyahu were scheduled to meet in person but ended up speaking by phone, with Yamina charging that the Prime Minister’s Office was “unwilling” to schedule a face-to-face meeting.

It is worth noting that recent polls in Israel have revealed a sharp increase in the popularity of Yamina, led by Naftali Bennett, over Netanyahu’s Likud, which means that Bennett would be able to form a new coalition government without Likud.

Last Wednesday, Yamina proposed a bill to legislate a so-called “supersession clause,” the long-sought right-wing dream of a law that allows the Knesset to vote to override a High Court of Justice decision.

Likud is set to a sign an agreement later with United Torah Judaism, another ultra-Orthodox party, while continuing to remain at loggerheads with national-religious ally Yamina over its role in the next government.

Meanwhile, an opinion poll predicted a new election would see a comfortable majority for the right, including the opposition Yamina, which has emerged as a potential rival to the premier’s Likud party.

No wonder Netanyahu when Yamina MK Betzalel Smotrich presented a bill to investigate judges in early July.

The majority for a narrow, rightwing coalition government, with the participation of Naftali Bennett’s Yamina party—which is currently in the opposition—reaches only 62 seats.

The phone call came ahead of the scheduled swearing-in of the government, with Yamina threatening to bolt for the opposition as the talks with Likud drag on.

The survey, which was conducted by pollster Prof.Camil Fuchs showed that Yamina leader Naftali Bennett could gain enough support to be able to form a government without Netanyahu and his supporters in the Charedi parties or the parties on the far left.

The video shared by Smotrich was from a plenum session on Wednesday, during which Levin feuded with Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn over the Yamina MK’s proposal.

The Yamina leader served as defense minister briefly under Netanyahu but was left in the opposition earlier this year when Netanyahu formed a unity government with centrist leader Benny Gantz.

The Yamina party has come straight out and declared they’re going to go sit in the opposition, if Netanyahu shifts his government leftward.

When new elections were called for September, New Right joined with National Union and Jewish Home under the name Yamina, winning seven seats.

Bennett and Shaked’s statements clearly indicate that Yamina is joining the list of Netanyahu’s “natural partners” who are ready to do anything it takes to let him escape facing justice.

Shaked, the chairwoman of the newly formed, far-right Yamina (Hebrew for “rightward”) alliance, is repeatedly tipped by pundits as Netanyahu’s most likely successor.