Because many shareholders own their shares through a mutual fund, a pension plan, or other investment pool actively managed by a third party, they are indirect or passive owners.
Both sides have paid lip service to dealing with these issues on a bipartisan basis, but we have seen no evidence that this will happen, as neither party has taken on the Simpson-Bowles framework or offered a vision for a similar plan.
But his determination to proceed without the support of his partyora decisive majority within the Knesset is causing mounting concern even to supporters of the disengagement plan.