Why Benny Gantz Chose This Moment to Reach Out to the Arab Parties
For the first time, these politicians may be serious about politics.
March 18, 2020
For the first time, these politicians may be serious about politics.
On Sunday, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin asked the Blue and White party’s Benny Gantz to try to form a governing coalition. A few days beforehand, Gantz had announced his interest in forming a unity government together with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, on the condition that it also include the bloc of Arab parties known as the Joint List. Haviv Rettig Gur explains the logic behind this gambit:
For the first time, these politicians may be serious about politics.
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On Sunday, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin asked the Blue and White party’s Benny Gantz to try to form a governing coalition. A few days beforehand, Gantz had announced his interest in forming a unity government together with Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, on the condition that it also include the bloc of Arab parties known as the Joint List. Haviv Rettig Gur explains the logic behind this gambit:
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