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John Oliver Says the Rent Is Too Damn High

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(((Archangel1)))6/20/2022 2:19:23 pm PDT

re: #119 Dangerman

It was basically the last straw in a series of events, but it’s one that really forced their hand.
Political drama inside the Bennett-Lapid unity government left them with a razor-tight margin for votes, and the Netanyahu-led Opposition decided to go against it just to spite the right side of the Coalition and try to hurt them politically (cut the nose to spite the face style).

There’s a reason why this has never been an issue in more than 50 years, and it’s because it’d be a bad thing from every perspective if the regulations were to expire.
It would have turned the regions into lawless zones where police and national organizations would have no authority or jurisdiction. Jewish settlers and Arabs alike could not be tried for crimes, police wouldn’t be able to investigate or arrest anyone in the region for any reason, and state authorities wouldn’t be able to serve citizens living there. It would further hurt resident left-wing Arab Israelis and right-wing Jewish Israelis alike, make it impossible for hundreds of thousands of them to vote in elections, and more.

Bibi’s Likud party got in hot water over it and other decisions in recent weeks, and will absolutely face the wrath of many more within the Israeli right. And having effectively lost four elections in a row, it’s not like Netanyahu had it easy before.