Zelekha Rules Out Political Alliance With Arab Parties
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Yaron Zelekha, chairman of the Economic Party, stated 19 days before elections that he will not form political alliances with Arab parties due to their alleged ties to Israel's enemies. He differentiated this from his support for integrating Arab citizens into Israeli society and lowering housing prices for them. Zelekha also called his former partner, Asnat Akirav, inexperienced.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Yaron Zelekha will not form political alliances with Arab parties.
- Zelekha supports integrating Arab citizens into Israeli society.
- Zelekha aims to lower housing prices for all Israelis, including Arabs.
- Zelekha described his former partner, Asnat Akirav, as inexperienced.
- The statement was made 19 days before elections.
Nineteen days before the elections, Yaron Zelekha, chairman of the Economic Party and number two on the "Reservists and the Economic" list, clarified his stance on potential partnerships with Arab citizens and parties. Responding to claims by his former list partner, Asnat Akirav, that there was openness to a Jewish-Arab partnership, Zelekha drew a clear distinction between integrating Arab citizens into Israeli society and forming political alliances with Arab parties.
"There is a difference between sitting down and bringing the Arab public closer to the State of Israel," Zelekha stated. "I have always been in favor of bringing hearts closer, and I intend to lower housing prices for Arabs as well." He emphasized his commitment to integrating Arabs into Israeli society, a position he has never hidden.
However, Zelekha unequivocally stated his refusal to collaborate politically with Arab parties. "But with the Arab parties, because they have allied with the enemies of Israel, I will not sit, I do not want to sit, and I did not want to sit," he declared. Zelekha also described Akirav as "inexperienced."
