Bibi's rivals suffer scandals
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by rivals trying to topple him, yet two of them, Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, must concentrate on their own political survival.
The Israeli election campaign continues to astonish and generate strategic developments, each of which can become a watershed around which all players can create a totally new order. The “Anyone but Bibi” coalition took several hard hits at the end of December, blows that undermined the equilibrium, stability and chances for success of said coalition in the elections to be held March 17. All is not yet lost, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position today, 77 days before Election Day, looks a lot better than it did a week ago. The list of politicians who joined together to replace him (Labor Chairman Isaac Herzog, former Minister Tzipi Livni, former Minister Yair Lapid, former Minister Moshe Kahlon, Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Shas Party leader Aryeh Deri) is on the defensive.
Several of its members (Liberman and Deri) are taking hard electoral and public hits.
