He raised the ante: Eisenkot enters a game of chicken with the wrong man | Ben Caspit

Ben Caspit analyzes the political deadlock: Lieberman's veto on a government with Arab support raised the price for the ultra-Orthodox, and Eisenkot finds himself in a game of chicken with Lieberman. Caspit warns of further elections and presents two opposing theses regarding the ultra-Orthodox's intentions.

In his column, Ben Caspit analyzes the political deadlock following the elections. According to him, Avigdor Lieberman's veto on a government with Arab support raised the entry price for the ultra-Orthodox into the coalition and complicated matters for Gadi Eisenkot. Eisenkot, Caspit says, is in a game of chicken with Lieberman, against the backdrop of an old score between them. Caspit warns that if this trick leads to further elections, there will be no forgiveness for it. He presents two theses: one, that the ultra-Orthodox will always prefer Netanyahu; the second, that the ultra-Orthodox are at an unprecedented low and need an immediate solution, which only the change bloc can provide.