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- Despite the Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu informing Israeli President Isaac Herzog of his success in forming a new government coalition headed by him, the features of the formation and distribution of ministerial portfolios were not finally clear between members of the Likud and the parties participating in the government coalition that managed to invade and control the reins. Governance, the institutional structure of governance, and internal sovereignty over all of historic Palestine.

Netanyahu's new government enjoys the support of 64 out of 120 Knesset members, noting that 38 of the members who support the new government belong to the extreme religious right, religious and Haredi currents, and 14 of them live in settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Despite the concessions made by the Likud party - which won 32 seats in the recent Knesset elections - Netanyahu seeks to control the reins of his new government, which is witnessing competition over the acquisition of sovereign ministries and the powers of each ministry with the "Shas" party represented in the Knesset with 11 seats, which is the party that It is Netanyahu's strategic partner, and its leader, Aryeh Deri, will be deputy prime minister.

In front of the influence of the "Shas" party - which is affiliated with the Eastern Haredim (Sephardim) - in the new government by obtaining the ministries of interior, health and religions, the "Torah Judaism" coalition headed by Moshe Gafni seeks to establish its presence in the reins of power through the Ministry of Housing, the presidency of the Finance Committee, and membership in The security cabinet, the Cabinet, knowing that it belongs to the Western Haredim movement (Ashkenazim).

In light of the competition over ministries and powers, sovereignty over the police, settlements and the West Bank, the “religious Zionism” coalition disintegrated, and each party returned to work separately: the “Religious Zionism” party headed by Bezalel Smotrich (7 seats), which will take over the Ministry of Finance, and the “Religious Zionism” party. A Jewish greatness" headed by Itamar Ben Gvir, (6 seats), who will take over the national security portfolio, and the "Noam" party, which will be represented by one Knesset member, its speaker, Avi Oz.


Ministries and powers

The researcher on Israeli affairs, Antoine Shalhat, believes that Netanyahu tended to distribute the large ministries, such as Finance, the Interior, Health, National Security, Housing, and Settlement, among the partners in the government coalition from the Haredi parties, the extreme religious right, and religious Zionism, in addition to granting them broad powers taken from ministries. Another will be in the hands of Likud members, referring to Netanyahu's desire to ensure the formation of the government, and not to go to early elections again.

Shahat added - in his interview with Al-Jazeera Net - that it is not clear yet who will assume the important and sovereign ministerial portfolios from within the Likud party, most notably security, foreign affairs, education, the judiciary, economy, Jerusalem, and transportation, as "competition within the Likud will create a state of Discontent, tensions and quarrels among party members.

Shalhat described Netanyahu's new government as a "pure right-wing government" based on the traditional right, the religious right, Haredi parties, and the religious Zionist alliance, with the absence and exclusion of any other Israeli political spectrum. Therefore, it expresses the vision of the extreme right, which has a vision of salvation, and looks To present-day Israel as a station on the way to reach the "legitimate state" that governs the Torah.

He explained that the coalition agreements reflect the trend towards extremism in Israeli society, the intensification of the internal conflict over the features and identity of the "Jewishness of the state", and in issues of religion and the state, democracy, the debate between the religious and the secular, and the individual and civil liberties of religious, national, and social minorities.

Regarding the indications of the formation of the government on its internal policies towards the Palestinians and the issues of the region, Shalhat says that the Palestinians on both sides of the Green Line are the ones affected by the next government.

Despite the Zionist consensus on the Palestinian issue, settlements, and the agreement on Israeli sovereignty, Shalhat estimates that the Israeli debate will intensify, and may reach the point of confrontation on internal issues.

Shalhat explained that the right-wing government coalition is dealing with the opposition camp with hostility, while this government is pushing for the consolidation of the apartheid regime in historic Palestine, which will have repercussions and repercussions on Israel in international forums.


An expected clash with Washington

On the external level, Eldad Shavit, a researcher at the Center for National Security Research at Tel Aviv University, believes that the new Netanyahu government will clash with the administration of US President Joe Badin in various regional and international files, most notably the Palestinian file, the Iranian nuclear issue, and perhaps also in the file of the Russian war. Ukrainian.

Shavit told Al-Jazeera Net that despite the US administration's assertion of respect for the results of the Israeli elections, and that it intends to deal with the policies of the new government regardless of the names, America's concern is growing about the potential repercussions of this government's policies on relations between Tel Aviv and Washington.

Shabib - who previously held senior positions in military intelligence and the prime minister's office - suggested that Washington's concern is mainly due to the programs, plans and steps presented by the coalition parties, especially with regard to the Palestinian cause, the legal system and the protection of minority rights, saying that "the Netanyahu government's conflict with the US administration will be inevitably."

Shabit estimated that this would harm Israel's ability to conduct an in-depth dialogue with the US administration on major and regional issues, most notably the Iranian file.

The Israeli researcher pointed out that American assistance is a crucial element in preserving Israeli national security, and that the complex political and security challenges that Israel is expected to face in the coming months require full coordination with Washington, but he does not rule out - at the same time - that the Israeli government's policy will have an impact. Negative in the long run on the American motivation to maintain the special relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv.