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Daniel Sonnenfeld
But without change regarding controversial national topics, a large leap forward cannot be expected
Israeli politics experienced a small earthquake on Sunday, when lawmaker Naftali Bennett, head of the right-wing Yamina party, declared that he will be partnering with centrist lawmaker Yair Lapid and the coalition Lapid is building to form a new government. If the duo manages to realize their goal of a unity government, they will not only put the brakes on Israel’s seemingly endless cycle of elections over the past two years, they also will end Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s 12-year iron grip on the premiership.
As Netanyahu woos Arab vote, political rivals follow suit
In-depth: The latest trend of inclusion is a far cry from the campaigns of just a year ago, in which nearly all parties running for Knesset denounced the Joint List as terrorist sympathizers and ruled out any political cooperation
The Media Line |
Published: 01.22.21 , 19:06
Israel’s fourth election in two years is fast approaching, and among the most notable changes in the current political landscape, compared with previous rounds, aםppears to be the willingness of the Zionist parties, on the right, left, and center of the political spectrum, to embrace and accept non-Zionist Arab parties as legitimate partners in future coalitions.