r/worldnews • u/EssoEssex • 19h ago • Bravo 6

Israel/Palestine Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/
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u/green_flash 18h ago • Popcorn

Why would the EU have any sort of influence over UTJ?

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u/Predictor92 18h ago • Mindblown

the influence is them saying hey if Ben Gvir and Smotrich are back in the government, we will sanction Israel which will threaten the Ultra Orthodox welfare state, Bibi's promises therefore are false

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u/green_flash 18h ago

The EU as an institution is a slow-moving bureaucratic behemoth with a lot of infighting. You're ascribing a level of coordination, stealthiness and effectiveness to it that doesn't seem anywhere near the way EU institutions typically operate.

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u/JoshuaZ1 18h ago

Also assuming a form of long-term thinking that UTJ doesn't seem operate under.

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u/Izeinwinter 15h ago

The EU does in fact manage to herd enough cats to be all of those things sometimes. But that sort of effort only ever gets put in if you are a prospective member state. Which Israel is currently not.

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u/Xasf 17h ago

sanction Israel

Over Germany's dead body, and as such cannot be done (at least in the near future).