Q&A: Toppling the Government
Toppling the Government
Question
In the context of the podcast with Redman: I think there’s another significant point that keeps many people from wanting to bring down the government, despite the Haredi appendages. Namely, it’s fairly clear that when a new government is formed, no matter who forms it, the Haredim will be part of it. What could be more convenient than parties that will give them the money they want and jobs that the average secular person doesn’t care about, and in return they’ll vote with you on everything from annexing Syria to evacuating all of Judea and Samaria? So since, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem likely that there will be any constellation in which a government can be formed without them, I already prefer a government that at least to some extent serves my worldview better—for example, not stopping the war, something that on the left side of the political map would have happened long ago.
Answer
That’s really not true. There’s a decent chance that if a change government is elected, it will be without the Haredim, just as it was in the previous term.
The previous term is actually an excellent example, because according to what was reported in the media, the Haredim were offered everything in order to get them to agree to be part of that government. They simply didn’t agree, because they thought that in the long run it was better for them to be part of Bibi’s bloc. In the next elections, in my opinion, they’ll agree. Maybe because of the war the attitude toward them will change—I very much hope so—but unfortunately it’s really far from certain.