Schlaglicht Israel Nr. 10/15 Aktuelles aus israelischen Tageszeitungen 1.- 24. Mai Die Themen dieser Ausgabe 1. Regierungsbildung........................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Äthiopische Proteste........................................................................................................................................ 3 3. 50 Jahre deutsch-israelische Beziehungen..................................................................................................... 4 4. Medienquerschnitt............................................................................................................................................ 5 1. Regierungsbildung Bis zur letzten Stunde vor Ablauf der Frist für die Regierungsbildung dauerten die hartnäckigen Verhandlungen an zwischen Likud-Chef Benjamin Netanyahu und Naftali Bennett, Chef der nationalreligiösen Partei Habayit Hayehudi. Die neue Koalition wird mit nur 61 Parlamentariern eine knappe Mehrheit stellen und ist entsprechend fragil. Mitgliedsparteien sind die beiden ultraorthdoxen Parteien Shas und United Torah Judaism (Vereinigtes Tora-Judentum), die neue Partei Kulanu, Habayit Hayehudi und der Likud. Israel's ultra-Orthodox have hit the jackpot in coalition deal Immediately after the March election, when Moshe Kahlon became the prime candidate to become fi­nance minister, it was noted he was inheriting a budget in reasonable shape, and would have to make relatively moderate cuts of 8 billion shekels ($2.1 billion) to maintain the deficit framework. The situation has been transformed since then. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lavished additions totaling some 7 billion shekels on his coalition part­ners, meaning that now some 15 billion shekels must be cut from elsewhere to avoid a large and dangerous budget deficit. This situation emerged because the ultra-Orthodox parties hit the jackpot. (…) The ultra-Orthodox success creates not just a budgetary problem, but a social and cultural one. (…) with the decision to give more to anyone who spends his day in yeshiva, the desire to work will drop and the attraction of kollel will grow. Canceling criminal sanctions against Haredi youths who evade the draft while secular draft-dodgers are sent to jail is a social injustice that discriminates among young Israeli men.(…) Israel is facing a huge budget def i­cit that will require deep cuts in various education and welfare budgets, as well as cuts to infrastructure funding and higher taxes. The ones who will bear this burden are those who serve in the army and pay taxes – a public Netanyahu has sacrificed to estab­lish his fourth government. Editorial, HAA, 05.05.16 Netanyahu's short-term government (…) It will only be a matter of a few months before they are called back to the polling stations, and until then Netanyahu will have to again produce all his political magic, juggling and acrobatic skills in order to continue to hold on to the title of prime minister. (…) There have been governments in Israel that have had a tiny majority and allowed themselves to make big moves. Menachem Begin's second gov­ernment, for example, won the confidence of only 61 Knesset members and allowed itself to launch the 1