'Israel’s opposition must join with Arab parties to beat Netanyahu. It's the right thing to do'
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Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin discusses the necessity of forming coalitions with Arab parties in the upcoming Israeli elections to effectively challenge Netanyahu's government.
Unless something dramatic changes, the upcoming Israeli election will either end in a deadlock or a bold move to “get rid of the foolish self‑imposed arbitrary constraint of not forming coalitions with Arab parties,” political strategist and Haaretz columnist Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin said on the Haaretz Podcast. With neither the pro-Netanyahu bloc nor the opposition parties coming close to the 61 Knesset seats they would need to take power, Scheindlin said that the Jewish Zionist Israeli parties – likely in the opposition – will be pushed to do what she believes is the right thing. "Of course, there should be Arab parties in a governing coalition. They are 20 percent of the population. There should be no ban on parties that represent citizens of this country," Scheindlin said. In the roundtable discussion with Haaretz correspondent Linda Dayan and host Allison Kaplan Sommer, Scheindlin discussed the new iterations of veteran parties on the center right and the left, vying for the voters who would like to see Netanyahu replaced – including those who previously voted for the prime minister and hold center-right views These parties, Dayan said, are…
People in this episode
Host: Allison Kaplan Sommer
Guest: Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin
Topics covered
- Israeli elections
- coalition politics
- Arab parties
- opposition strategy
- Netanyahu
- Zionist parties
Keywords
- Israeli elections
- coalition
- Arab parties
- Netanyahu
- Knesset
- opposition
- political strategy
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Organizations: Haaretz
Places: Israel, Knesset
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