This vote in the Israeli Parliament is the last step before the installation in power of the motley coalition formed in extremis on June 2 by the leader of the opposition Yair Lapid.

For the first time in twelve years, the indestructible Benjamin Netanyahu, outgoing Prime Minister, should be excluded from this new government in which two left parties, two from the center, three from the right and the Israeli Arab party Raam will ally themselves.

According to Israeli media, the formal consultation of deputies could take place either Wednesday or Monday, June 14.

The decision is in the hands of Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, who is due to speak on this schedule at 4:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. GMT) at the opening of a parliamentary session, according to a parliament spokesperson.

Stop the "scorched earth" policy

"There is never 100% in Israeli politics, but this government has the best chance of seeing the light of day," centrist Yair Lapid told reporters at the seat of parliament in Jerusalem.

“This government will be formed.

And it will be a quality and sustainable government, because it is based on positive elements: confidence, decency and good will, ”he added.

The day before, the future Prime Minister designate, the head of Yamina Naftali Bennett, called on Yariv Levin (Likud), loyal to Netanyahu, not to play the clock.

"We know that Netanyahu is putting pressure to delay this vote in order to try to find deserters, but you must act for the good of the state and not for that of Mr. Netanyahu", pleaded Naftali Bennett in a solemn address, calling on the outgoing Prime Minister, his ex-mentor, to stop practicing the “scorched earth” policy.

"Dangerous government"

The new coalition, supposed to put an end to more than two years of political crisis marked by four legislative elections, was formed to oust Benjamin Netanyahu, 71 years and the most durable prime minister in the history of the country.

Indicted for corruption, he did not hesitate to multiply the warnings and the formulas of denigration against the new team, to the point of worrying the local security services.

On Monday, he even described the next government on Twitter as “dangerous”.

A climate which "recalls the days preceding the death of Yitzhak Rabin", notes the most widely read daily in the country, Yediot Aharonot, in reference to the assassination of the Israeli Labor Prime Minister in 1995 by a Jewish extremist following the agreements of Oslo on Palestinian autonomy.

Nadav Argaman, the head of Shin Beth, the internal security service, left his usual reserve on Saturday to warn all political leaders against "an increase in speeches inciting violence, especially on social networks".

Speeches, according to him, which can be "understood by certain people or certain groups as a license to commit violence" which can go as far as leading to "fatal injuries".

The fear of an escalation of violence

One event more than any other raised fears of an outbreak of violence and possible political reversals: the controversial "march of the flags" initially scheduled for Thursday in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian sector occupied by Israel, at the call of figures of the extreme right.

But the demonstration was finally canceled Monday by the organizers, after the refusal of the police to approve its route.

However, some MPs, including May Golan, a Likud MP, have already announced that they will walk anyway on Thursday, despite the ban.

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas threatened to escalate further if the march was maintained.

"We hope that Thursday does not become" a new May 10, said Hamas tenor Khalil al-Hayya, in reference to the start of the escalation between Hamas and Israel that led to a war of 11. days.

In this busy climate, the new government, which everything opposes on paper, had its first working meeting on Sunday.

Under a rotation agreement, Naftali Bennett will first lead the government until 2023 before giving way to Yaïr Lapid until 2025.

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