The first step towards toppling Netanyahu began this Thursday with a meeting led by Yisrael Beitenu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman, whose main goal was to form an opposition party with the clear goal of toppling Netanyahu and holding elections.
Liberman’s new party is emerging as a first step towards a new liberal-right party, which is expected to include Avigdor Liberman of Yisrael Beitenu, Gideon Sa’ar of National Unity, and former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
The main goal of the new right-wing party’s founders is to restore the original Likud of the Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir era. Lieberman has called on Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot to leave the Netanyahu government and join the new party, hastening the collapse of the current failed government.
The emergence of a new liberal-right party in the configuration presented here, with new and attractive faces, would surely create a huge political explosion that would completely change the Israeli political map, with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party being the main casualty.
The new party would also put an end to the “Bivism” phenomenon that has plagued Israel’s Likud and right wing. The ultra-Orthodox parties would also be hit hard by the establishment of this new party. While it may not have a significant impact on the elections, it would have a major impact on their political standing, as it would disrupt their long-standing cooperation with the Netanyahu government, which has provided them with generous budgets, subsidies, military exemptions, and more.
How big is the Israeli right wing?
Most opinion polls over the past year have shown a continuous increase in the strength and status of Yisrael Beitenu as a right-wing party due to its ideals and vision for the reality of Israel. A major change in Yisrael Beitenu’s status as a party under Lieberman’s leadership would be a revolution in the right sector.
It is no secret that the right wing in Israel has strengthened significantly in recent years, with the majority of the population leaning to the right of the political map, especially since October 7th. The problem is that the prime minister, who sits at the head of the right wing, has clearly lost a lot of credibility and standing with the majority of right wing supporters. But as the right wing has strengthened, Likud has been losing heavily in all surveys, which says it all about the government.
An important and noteworthy point to mention here is that after the next elections, the new right-wing party will be able to form a government without the ultra-Orthodox sector. Lieberman, Gantz and Lapid would have no problem joining forces to form a realistic and efficient government in these difficult times.
This government would address many of the challenges Israel currently faces, in a government that would share the burden and maintain the important relationship with the United States. The grave failures of the Netanyahu government confirm that it must cease functioning immediately. The summit to establish new parties has raised hopes for a new era and a different government.
