Israel is narrowly avoiding a coalition crisis as Education Minister Naftali Bennett backs away from a threat to pull his Jewish Home party in the government.

Bennett threatened a withdraw late Sunday after Pm Benjamin Netanyahu announced he had be overtaking as Israel’s defense minister, following a departure of former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

“If the pm is serious, we choose to believe his words yesterday evening, i say here into the prime minister: we are withdrawing the whole political demands and we will get ready you in such a mighty task making sure that Israel starts winning again,” stated Bennett.

Had he withdrawn his party, really easy election would have been likely.

FILE – On this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, Israeli Pm Benjamin Netanyahu, right, sits with Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett over the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan/pool photo via AP, File)

Netanyahu’s party still holds a slim majority — 61 of 120 seats — in Israel’s parliament since the pm is scrambling to stop a government collapse.

Netanyahu has also faced push-back about what has been viewed by some as a “lenient” approach to increasing violence with Palestinian militants while in the Gaza Strip as both Bennett and Lieberman called for a tougher response.

Some citizens of Israel happen to be publicly vocal relating to disappointment inside the prime minister’s decisions.

All in this is heading on the 2019 Israel elections, as well as question of if Netanyahu can keep control.

“We are in the middle of an offer this is not over yet,” stated the Israel prime minister. “In such a security-sensitive time, it’s irresponsible to decrease the federal government.”

Uncertainty in the foreseeable future in the government is introducing uncertainty towards a Trump administration-led peace plan, that was to become introduced in February to get started on discussions.

Reports have indicated U.S. officials don’t need to add potential obstacles into Netanyahu’s future as prime minister while he heads into another election. Netanyahu has won three successive elections since 2009 and it’s favored to win again in 2019.

Members in the Trump administration — including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner — are slated to fulfill together with the president to share the Israel-Palestine peace plan and the timing for the release.

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