Left Already Calling for Government with Arab Parties

A historic surge that propelled Arab factions to an unprecedented 19 Knesset mandates has upended the political map, prompting mainstream commentators to aggressively push center-left leaders into establishing a coalition dependent on the Joint List and Ra'am. While figures such as Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, and Avigdor Liberman previously campaigned on a "covenant of the serving," critics warn they are now preparing to surrender the keys of government to anti-Zionist lists—even after Joint List leaders declared that genuine change requires their full partnership. Former lawmakers publicly dedicated the ouster of Israel's national government to the population of the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria, and Jerusalem.

That’s it. The elections are behind us, and the biggest development is the vote for Arab parties—currently at 19 seats—which completely changes the political game. And if you thought Eisenkot, Bennett, Liberman, and Lapid won’t form a government with them, think again.

Commentators are already pushing the left-wing bloc to form a government with the Arab parties. Here’s one example: Ben-Dror Yemini is already publishing that “we didn’t go to elections so nothing would change: between another election where Netanyahu remains prime minister in transition and a coalition with the Arabs, through support from inside or outside—the second option is preferable.”

Yes, yes—support from inside or outside. Eisenkot, Bennett, and Liberman, who talked about a “servants’ alliance,” have become the servants of Youssef Jabareen and Mansour Abbas. With that many seats, they won’t be able to move politically. The Arab parties will hold the keys to power.

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Youssef Jabareen, chairman of the Joint List, said earlier today: “We are ready and prepared to pave the way to topple Netanyahu’s government. Against the government of blood, against a politics of supremacy, racism, and exclusion, we offer a completely different alternative. Change goes through Jewish-Arab partnership, a real and equal partnership. Nothing less than that, and nothing more than that.” Osama Saadi, a former Knesset member and brother-in-law of Ahmad Tibi, summed up the election campaign: “We dedicate the toppling of this fascist government, the government of extermination, the government of ethnic cleansing, to our people in the Gaza Strip, in Judea and Samaria, and in occupied Jerusalem, and to all the free people of the world.”

Yes, make no mistake—19 seats dedicated to Arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and Jerusalem. This is the recklessness of the bloc calling itself the “change bloc”—no doubt, indeed change. Losing control of the Jewish state. So yes, the servants’ alliance has indeed been formed. Only instead of serving Israel’s citizens, the left-wing bloc is going to serve the will of Hamas supporters fully.

Left Already Calling for Government with Arab Parties

Asaf Nissan