Netanyahu tries to bring back ministers who resigned to the Knesset (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fears that growing frustration with him among his Likud party will lead to a joint move with opposition parties to oust him.

In a remarkable move, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid announced on Monday via the X platform, the readiness of his party "There is a Future" to vote in favor of changing the government to become headed by Yuli Edelstein of the Likud party or Benny Gantz or Gadi Eisenkot, both of the opposition "National Unity" party.

The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said on Tuesday that Netanyahu's entourage fears growing frustration among Likud members and a joint move with the opposition to oust him.

In recent days, fears surrounding Netanyahu about a Likud rebellion and joint move with opposition factions to oust him in the current Knesset have been very clear.

Recently, criticism of the party's work in particular and the coalition in general has increased by Likud members, while attempts to lead a move against Netanyahu are also increasing.

Norwegian Law

She said Netanyahu was trying to bring back ministers who resigned under Norwegian law, under the pretext of closing unnecessary ministries, as part of his containment battle.

Norwegian law is a law in force in the Norwegian parliament and adopted by Israel, and under this law, a deputy who receives a ministerial portfolio cedes his seat in the Knesset to another member of the party who has run in the elections and was unable to win a seat, but the deputy retains his right to return to the Knesset at the expense of the substitute, if he resigns from the government.

Lapid said on Monday on platform X that Israel needs a different government and a different prime minister.

Lapid also called on the ministers of the "camp" party in the emergency government to withdraw from Netanyahu's government as a salvation government for Netanyahu and not for Israel, he said.

Public opinion polls in recent weeks have shown the Likud party's stature plummeting, while Israeli analysts attribute this to Netanyahu's own declining popularity.

Elections are estimated to be held in Israel after the end of the Gaza war, but opposition parties are calling for elections or a change of government even before the war ends.

Source : Anadolu Agency