The ties binding Israel's coalition together have begun to loosen
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: It is unclear degree to which cracks will threaten the integrity of the entire coalition structure.
PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett and MK Mansour Abbas in the Knesset. This week, various members of the coalition – foremost Abbas’s Ra’am party – signaled that they may not vote for the budget if certain conditions were not met.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByHERB KEINON