Coalition Truce Collapses as Yair Golan Eyes Arab Party Alliance
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
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- Yair Golan plans to form a government with Ra'am, breaking opposition truce.
- Avigdor Lieberman criticizes Golan, citing pressure and lost Arab support.
- Likud accuses Golan and Eisenkot of forming a left-wing Arab government.
- Opposition leaders had recently pledged mutual non-aggression.
Less than a week after opposition leaders pledged to refrain from attacking each other, Yair Golan announced his intention to work with his partners to form a government that includes the Ra'am party. This statement immediately drew sharp criticism from Avigdor Lieberman, who suggested Golan was under pressure from his own party and voters following his vote to disqualify Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh. Lieberman claimed Golan had lost support in the Arab sector and was now making false statements in a desperate attempt to regain voters.
The opposition bloc had previously signed a document committing to mutual non-aggression. However, the Likud party also weighed in, asserting that Golan and his partner Gadi Eisenkot intended to form a left-wing government with Arab parties. The Likud framed the upcoming election as a choice between the right and "Palestine," stating that only the Likud could prevent a left-wing Arab government involving Eisenkot, Golan, Lieberman, Naftali Bennett, and Arab parties.
Golan's statement and the subsequent reactions signal a significant breakdown in the opposition's unity, just days after they committed to a truce.
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