yepā¦
the ultra orthodox and the settler parties have likud and netanyahu over a barrel really,
basically it got to a stage as to how many religous concesssions would he make and how many more pledges of support does he have to give to the settler parties in order to secure their support to form a majority
in the end and it has come down to what is the key division in israeli society that has brought this down and that is the increasing division between the orthodox and secular that is now wider than ever.
The religous do not want Haredim to be drafted for the military - bibi is coming under increasing pressure to make the military draft mandatory for all as the concession to the orthodox in terms of tax dollars and the fact the country is been shut down in Saturday in places has become intolerable ā¦
It was Avigdor Liberaman ( a secular nationalist) who eventually brought the whole thing down as he refued to go into colaition with the religous ( shas and united torah judaiasm) unless they back down from their stance on military draft.
i cannot see how this is going to be resolved in the short term
