A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘s long rule.
“We want to do things that we did not do in the past in order to remove this criminal government,” Ahmad Tibi, a senior member of the Arab Joint List, told The Associated Press.
But any such partnership could be politically fraught for both sides. For the Joint List, it would mean backing a government unlikely to end Israel’s wars or curb settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. For Netanyahu’s opponents, it would mean aligning with parties that not only criticize Israeli policies, but reject its identity as a Jewish state.
Eisenkot’s coalition has already sworn not to partner with the Arab parties, so that seems unlikely. They also don’t want to partner with Netanyahu’s coalition, but that seems more likely. Unfortunately, the most likely outcome is a new Zionist coalition, just not under Netanyahu.
As if any Zionist government wouldn’t be criminal.
Americans and occupied Palestinians are still both voting for genocide.
