The narrow coalition also impacts the Knesset’s ability to conduct inter-parliamentary diplomacy since the lawmakers cannot go abroad to participate in meetings of parliamentary assemblies because any absent MK could lead the coalition to lose its majority.
“The MKs don’t go abroad to have fun. They take a plane in the middle of the night for two days of work and then fly back at night. This is important.
And, then, when we miss an important vote on something like [proposals to ban] circumcision, people ask why we weren’t there,” Edelstein said.
Ja, das wäre natürlich schlimm, wenn man dann europäische Parlamentarier nicht mehr so richtig ins Gebet nehmen könnte. Schließlich entscheiden die ja über Gesetze in Israel. 