Likud Official Calls for Referendum On Agreement With Palestinians
Likud Knesset member Ofir Akunis reaffirms to Mazal Mualem his party's willingness to promote a referendum bill on a future agreement with the Palestinians.
The Likud's Ofir Akunis, the deputy minister responsible for liaison between the government and the Knesset, does not anticipate that political fallout will take place if the diplomatic process with the Palestinians is renewed.
Akunis has spent long years in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s immediate environment, first as his deputy media adviser and in recent years as one of the prime minister’s confidants among the Knesset members.
In an interview with Al-Monitor, Akunis reckons that Netanyahu’s third government will live far longer than the forecasts of the political commentators. For the ultra-Orthodox, who are waiting in the corner for the day that Netanyahu will invite them back to the government, that is not good news.
Would a renewal of diplomatic negotiations with the Palestinians threaten the government’s stability?
