An ugly preview

Well, that was certainly unpleasant.

And it – the Knesset session where incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented his government to the Knesset, and outgoing prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his final speech to the Knesset in that position – didn’t have to be so.

Sure, no one expected a lovefest, not in light of the bitter acrimony that has accompanied the establishment of the Bennett-Yair Lapid government, an ideologically diverse government with one common denominator linking them together: the burning desire to move Netanyahu aside.

It was clear, or should have been, that Bennett would not be well received by 120 MKs, including the 59 who will not be in his coalition, with pats on the back or warm words.