Posted 1/18/2024, 4:39:00 PM
As Gaza Crisis Drags On, Calls Grow Within Likud to Replace Netanyahu's Leadership
- Likud ministers believe Netanyahu's leadership of the party is ending due to poor election prospects and the party's handling of the crisis with Hamas
- Potential successors include Nir Barkat, Yisrael Katz, Yuli Edelstein, Yoav Gallant, and others, but no consensus candidate has emerged
- Opposition parties would support a "constructive no-confidence vote" to replace Netanyahu, but getting 19 Likud MKs to agree is unlikely
- No Likud MKs want to publicly challenge Netanyahu during wartime, but that could change if protests grow
- Scenarios for Netanyahu's ouster include him calling elections himself, opposition parties leaving the government, or protests giving momentum to rivals