By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The joke goes ---
Q - "What is worse that losing an Israeli election?"
A - "Winning the election!"
There is little doubt that when Netanyahu and his party won the March 17 election they were elated. But in Israel today, the political reality is that building a government means sharing power - and that most definitely dilutes the victory. Netanyahu's party is not happy with the results of their victory.
Many prime positions have been divided up and will be shared with coalition partners. There is no way of making that sound good. The secret to a long lasting coalition government of 61 members is that the partners, all the partners, need to be happy.
At any moment any coalition member can become disenchanted and bolt -- bringing down the government.
The only hope is that party discipline, commitment to issues and the fear of a new election in which you might garner fewer seats than you won in this election, will tether the parties and their representatives to the Netanyahu - led coalition government.
It can work. The fear of losing power is tangible. The question is whether that fear trumps ideology.
Time will tell. For now, there is a government.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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