In a unanimous and unambiguous ruling delivered in the late evening hours of May 6, an expanded panel of 11 Israeli Supreme Court justices green lighted the power-sharing agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. The ruling paves the way for the May 13 swearing-in of Israel’s 35th government, ending months of interim governments and setting aside prospects of a fourth round of elections.
With the High Court ruling published, the Knesset adopted on the morning of May 7 amendments to quasi-constitutional basic laws, thus enabling Likud and Blue and White to proceed with the unity deal signed on April 20. Netanyahu is expected to present today to President Reuven Rivlin a Knesset majority backing him for the mission of composing the new government.