FWIW it is outside common Parliamentary procedure for there to be such a big delay between the formation of a Govt. and a vote of confidence.
The #Israel Knesset should be convened this week to hold the vote. A few days at most is appropriate. 13 Days is not.
Here the circumstances include a long fraught process in Govt. formation multiple elections and a War.
@IsraeliPM Bibi Netanyahu has tried many times now and failed. Parliamentary principles suggest this vote ought to held as soon as possible. This week. theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
Netanyahu is now playing a Trumpian game of questioning the legitimacy of the election that he lost. This lacks credibility given that he has lost multiple times. As PM elect Naftali Bennet says, Bibi is now using incitement, and not for the first time. google.fr/amp/s/www.alja…
This provides reason for the Speaker to reconsider bringing the vote forward.
The last thing Israel & the world needs is another insurrection. The prospect of an armed mob descending on the Knesset, while a disgruntled PM holds the security levers, is a recipe for disaster.
@IsraeliPM Benjamin Netanyahu is now a Caretaker Prine Minister and has been so for an abnormally long time.
Benjamin Netanyahu, and all other office holders in his Govt. and Parliament, including the speaker, have a duty of care to manage the transition of power in an orderly manner.
Clearly this is not happening.
“The overthrowing of Netanyahu will cause a collapse of the global right-wing - from the United States to The Hague," read the tweet shared by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official Twitter account.”
It is clear now that @IsraeliPM Netanyahu has had no change of heart, and no greater intention of following the Caretaker Conventions now, than he has ever had.
It has come time for Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin to perform the duties of his office, in accordance with the law, just as @Mike_Pence did on January 6th. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yariv_Lev…
If he does so he will have a place in history on the side of the rule of law.
If Yariv Levin doesn’t and this ends in yet more bloodshed or worse, he will not.
On Thursday it was reported (quoting a Likud) source that the vote would take place this Wednesday. This would seem appropriate and orderly. I hope this happens. google.fr/amp/s/m.jpost.…
This 1st image shows the monsoon spreading westwards across the Bay of Bengal. I think it is relevant to the rains in Africa but you will need to wait till the final tweet to see how.
This image this evening shows a cluster of #ArabianStorms around Medina yet again and storms over Yemen. Storms are also forming over Ethiopia but this is not yet the rainy season. The westerly wind can also be seen - and my understanding is this will eventually bring big rains.
Today's #EuropeBigWet update. Russia is getting pummelled. Italy is on fire with thunderstorms and central Europe is getting busy.
For context click on the hashtag for earlier episodes. This has been building up for a while. Thread....
It started modestly even though the warm air over Europe is increasingly saturated with moisture. And then as the day got hotter the thunderstorms got active.
This afternoon Italy in particular looks as if it is undergoing something potentially rather dangerous.
This recording stands out because:
a) its explosive nature and
b) because of its wide dissemination and the implications that come from it in relation to the fairness of the election.
c) because it was explicitly denied by the Prime Minister.
The also addresses two wider issues, the first of which relates to elections everywhere, and the second which relates to the specific conditions of this election.
In the CPJ safety handbook for journalists misinformation is directly addressed. cpj.org/2021/06/ethiop…
The @guardian has now published a ill-considered incendiary op-ed by @KjetilTronvoll containing his reckons on a subject he doesn't appear to be treating with care. He seeks resignations over a complex war the details of which remain far from clear. theguardian.com/global-develop…
Let me get this straight professor. You now acknowledge inadvertently spreading misinformation/disinformation in the lead up to this election, you continue to accuse the #Ethiopian Govt. of engaging in it.
As a professor of peace/conflict studies you would be aware that this is Ethiopia’s first shot at a real free and fair democratic election, and you would be aware of the already heightened domestic very lethal tensions, and not just in Tigray. And yet you continue to stoke these.
The Ethiopian Govt is clear they have asked Eritrean troops to leave but they have not yet left, even though undertakings to do so were provided to the U.S.
It is also clear that Tigrayan forces initiated this war and continue - with assistance unknown - to pursue it.
It is now two weeks till the first open democratic #Ethiopian election.
To open here's a high resolution satellite image of the Nile Basin from Cairo to Lake Victoria including Eastern Ethiopia where the #GERD dam is located, and where the Blue Nile - source of much of the Nile's flow - originates in Lake Tana (the heart shaped lake).
We will zoom in on the #HornOfAfrica starting with the wider picture. On the left side of this image you can see a #WesternSahara water transport event which is significantly impacting weather conditions in Europe. (See more in the attached thread