so word has it that Moshe Feiglin and PM Netanyahu have come to an agreement that will have Feiglin drop out the elections and rejoin the Likud. In exchange it seems he will receive a ministerial position for Zehut (him or someone else, not sure), promise of pushing legislation for cannabis legalization and something about paying off Zehut debt, or some of it.

There are claims it might be political bribery, and there is precedent on the municipal level for such a claim, but we'll let that play out and I wont deal with it. I will assume their lawyers are good enough to write out the deal in a way that won't be illegal. And, it very well may be that it is only illegal if actually implemented, not just by the offer itself. Since Netanyahu probably can't be trusted to actually pay up, he'll almost surely find an excuse (he might even say it is illegal) to avoid it, it might not even be illegal in retrospect. And then whatever happens, happens.

Two interesting, for me, points:

1. A lot of people online are scoffing and sneering At Feiglin and his supporters for coming to this deal. Feiglin is a sellout. Feiglin is only looking out for himself. Feiglin went back on his promise to not take a deal. etc etc etc

My comment would be that all these people, until today, have been screaming about how Feiglin should drop out and he is wasting votes and he will be the cause of a left-wing government. Yet now that he is dropping out they are calling him a sellout and a hypocrite and selfish. They just want to complain about Feiglin no matter what he does. It is all under the guise of election behavior and responsibility, but they just want to take pot shots at Feiglin, no matter what he does.

2. When Ayelet Shaked recently tried to get back into the Likud, Netanyahu and his cronies pushed her away with two hands. they even said at one point that Shaked is undesirable because she is a party-jumper like Tzipi Livni. Yet here Netanyahu goes and brings in Feiglin, who was in the Likud and then left and formed Zehut. Netanyahu has brought others into the Likud as well from Kadima and other parties who would all qualify as party-jumpers.