# Netanyahu’s coalition in disarray ahead of upcoming elections

https://mins.news/en/video/35704

- TRT World, 2026-08-28 13:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t8o4FHL43E

> Israel’s ruling coalition is showing deepening divisions ahead of October’s elections. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is fighting for his political survival after angering fellow illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank by voting against punishment for ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse military service. Chatham House’s Yossi Mekelberg weighs in.

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