Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu is reportedly shifting strategy in the growing coalition crisis over the draft law and is no longer actively trying to block the preliminary vote on dissolving the Knesset this week.

Instead, Netanyahu is now focusing on advancing key coalition legislation — including the draft law — before the Knesset reaches the later and more decisive stages of the dissolution process.

According to the new plan, Netanyahu intends to move forward simultaneously with the draft law, legislation to split the attorney general’s position, and additional coalition-backed bills while the Knesset dissolution measure advances toward its second and third readings.

Politically, the move signals that Netanyahu is prepared to allow the dissolution proposal to pass its preliminary stage while preserving a limited window for the coalition to continue legislating before the Knesset is formally dissolved.

During that period, Likud lawmakers are expected to push ahead with several sensitive legislative initiatives, chief among them the draft law, which has become the central source of tension between the coalition and the chareidi parties.

According to reports, Likud officials claim the maneuver received approval from the Knesset’s legal adviser.

Party sources said, “Until the second and third readings, any legislation can still be passed.”

The new strategy appears aimed at lowering the intensity of the immediate political confrontation surrounding the dissolution vote, while at the same time signaling to coalition partners that there is still a realistic path to advancing the legislation most important to them before new elections are triggered.

{Matzav.com}