Military analyst Noam Amir addressed politicians’ declarations about forming a “Zionist government,” calling it a manipulative campaign by the left designed to legitimize sitting with Mansour Abbas. “It’s a bluff and nonsense. They’ll claim the left-wing bloc is the Zionist one and has only four non-Zionist MKs—unlike the right-wing bloc that includes the ultra-Orthodox.”
Amir explained: “What are they really saying? In the end there will be two blocs. The right-wing bloc will include the ultra-Orthodox, and they don’t count the ultra-Orthodox parties as Zionist. On the other side is the left-wing bloc, which has only one anti-Zionist party. They’re talking about a Zionist majority.”
“The left is using the term ‘Zionism’ and trivializing its value. All of this is designed for one thing only: to whitewash the connection with Mansour Abbas—from outside or inside the government. They’re putting the ultra-Orthodox parties opposite the Arab parties, and in the end they’ll say, ‘Look, we promised you a government with a Zionist majority,'” he concluded.