Israel’s choice: Netanyahu remaining in power or a Palestinian-backed coalition
Summary
The article says Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its mandate in Israel’s election, while opposition parties held a majority. But many opposition leaders opposed forming a government with Palestinian-led parties, creating a possible path for Netanyahu to remain in office as caretaker prime minister or seek another election.Key Facts
- Yair Golan called for a government that partners with Arab citizens of Israel.
- A survey taken as polls closed found that most opposition voters supported forming a government with Ra’am to remove Netanyahu, according to researcher Eran Halperin.
- Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot did not directly rule out working with Palestinian parties but set conditions that the article said made their participation politically impossible.
- Yousef Jabareen, leader of the Joint List, said Palestinian parties were ready to help remove Netanyahu’s government through Jewish-Arab partnership.
- Ra’am placed a Jewish former police chief second on its candidate slate.
- Netanyahu’s coalition had 64 seats after forming in 2022 and lost about 10 seats in the election described in the article.
- The article cites Yitzhak Rabin’s reliance on Palestinian support for a minority government three decades earlier as a precedent.
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