Meanwhile in Israel

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s announcement Wednesday that he is resigning and his Yisrael Beiteinu party is leaving Israel's ruling coalition, in the wake of the cease-fire agreements with Hamas, will almost certainly spell elections in early 2019 – at least six months earlier than their scheduled date.

It will force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to defend his unpopular decisions on Gaza during the election campaign, which is exactly what the prime minister had hoped to avoid. In his surprise press conference in the Knesset, Lieberman avoided blaming the prime minister directly as part of his long list of disagreements with the government’s defense policies, but it was clear who Lieberman was gunning for.

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By resigning now, Lieberman is stealing a march on his rival Bennett and sticking the failure of Gaza on Netanyahu. He hopes this can boost his standing with the right going into the election – an election he now plans to fight as the selfless defense minister who resigned when he was not listened to by a weak prime minister.

One of Netanyahu’s motives in doing all he could to finalize a cease-fire with Hamas was to push the toxic issue of the Gaza Strip off the national agenda before the election campaign begins.

  Haaretz

I guess that's out of the question now.

[T]he heavy hitters on the right wing have already sensed Netanyahu’s blood in the water. Lieberman, Bennett, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and Likud’s prodigal son, Gideon Sa’ar, have all been much more critical of the untouchable prime minister in recent weeks.

Is it just me, or is it weird to talk about someone other than Netanyahu as "the right wing"?

Barring a brilliant and unexpected move, the days of this coalition, of the fourth Netanyahu government, are over.

Normally, I would rejoice, but if the alternative is someone further to the right - who knew that was possible? - then it's no matter for joy.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.