AndyRM
Elder Goth
Make some sense dude.
Israel / Palestine
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Make some sense dude.
Ian H
Pharaoh
Perhaps too early to get your hopes up, but...
Eisenkot recognizes opposition bloc's majority with Arab parties
Opposition bloc leader Eisenkot stated his intention to "act immediately to implement our parliamentary majority" in a social media post on Saturday, effectively recognizing the majority his bloc holds together with the Arab-led parties. He also laid out the conditions under which Arab lawmakers could join a government led by him, saying that any Knesset member who accepts his four key principles – among them recognizing Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and Hamas as a terror group – could join the effort to form a coalition.
His remarks come after Arab parties' record gains left his bloc unable to secure a coalition majority without their support, and despite his election campaign pledge not to form a government with Arab parties.
Israel's two Arab parties are currently discussing the political options available to them, and talks are currently revolving around cooperating with the Eisenkot bloc to replace Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana of the Likud party – a move that would allow the opposition to advance legislative initiatives its leaders could use against Netanyahu.
United Arab List leader Abbas told his associates over the weekend that another election is more likely than a government being formed, but at the same time, expressed concern that the Arab community will be unable to recreate the high voter turnout it secured in last week's election. The Joint List hasn't ruled out cooperation with the Haredi party United Torah Judaism, which is currently in Netanyahu's coalition and to which Eisenkot's bloc has been putting out feelers.
Sources in Abbas' party told Haaretz that the main obstacle is right-wing opposition party leader Lieberman, who has hardened his position against cooperating with the Arab parties in what they believe is an attempt to advance his own candidacy for the prime ministership.
At the same time, thousands rallied for a Jewish-Arab government across Israel on Saturday, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Arab towns Tira and Taibeh. In Tel Aviv, pro-Netanyahu counterprotesters called for a new election, chanting phrases such as "Bibi, King of Israel" and "occupation, expulsion and settlement." Police detained one counterprotester after he allegedly urged others to cross the police cordon and enter the left-wing rally area.
[Haaretz]
Eisenkot recognizes opposition bloc's majority with Arab parties
Opposition bloc leader Eisenkot stated his intention to "act immediately to implement our parliamentary majority" in a social media post on Saturday, effectively recognizing the majority his bloc holds together with the Arab-led parties. He also laid out the conditions under which Arab lawmakers could join a government led by him, saying that any Knesset member who accepts his four key principles – among them recognizing Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and Hamas as a terror group – could join the effort to form a coalition.
His remarks come after Arab parties' record gains left his bloc unable to secure a coalition majority without their support, and despite his election campaign pledge not to form a government with Arab parties.
Israel's two Arab parties are currently discussing the political options available to them, and talks are currently revolving around cooperating with the Eisenkot bloc to replace Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana of the Likud party – a move that would allow the opposition to advance legislative initiatives its leaders could use against Netanyahu.
United Arab List leader Abbas told his associates over the weekend that another election is more likely than a government being formed, but at the same time, expressed concern that the Arab community will be unable to recreate the high voter turnout it secured in last week's election. The Joint List hasn't ruled out cooperation with the Haredi party United Torah Judaism, which is currently in Netanyahu's coalition and to which Eisenkot's bloc has been putting out feelers.
Sources in Abbas' party told Haaretz that the main obstacle is right-wing opposition party leader Lieberman, who has hardened his position against cooperating with the Arab parties in what they believe is an attempt to advance his own candidacy for the prime ministership.
At the same time, thousands rallied for a Jewish-Arab government across Israel on Saturday, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Arab towns Tira and Taibeh. In Tel Aviv, pro-Netanyahu counterprotesters called for a new election, chanting phrases such as "Bibi, King of Israel" and "occupation, expulsion and settlement." Police detained one counterprotester after he allegedly urged others to cross the police cordon and enter the left-wing rally area.
[Haaretz]
C R
Squire
I find Jewish and democratic a bit like trying to square the circle. If it is jewish then non jewish people will always be at a disadvantage, so not really democratic.
