The Aporia
The Aporia
15 articles about 8 events for “Arab Coalition Against Netanyahu” from The Straits Times.
“Netanyahu’s coalition of right-wing and far-right parties won 53 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, with his Likud party remaining the largest single faction with 27 seats.”
“Israel's election gives survivor Netanyahu a path to keep power DUBAI, Oct 28 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled ahead on Wednesday as votes were counted in Israel’s election, but the loss of a parliamentary majority leaves his path to another term…”
“In Egypt, the first Arab country to make peace with Israel in 1979, 62-year-old lawyer Outhman Selim said his hopes that a Netanyahu defeat would steer the country away from the far right had been dashed.”
“Eisenkot, who ran a campaign casting Netanyahu as unfit to lead, is weighing whether to accept the Arab parties’ support in forming a government to unseat the premier – something many of his voters have urged him to do, despite some of his coalition allies’…”
“Parties representing Israel's 21% Arab minority were projected to win an unprecedented 19 seats, leaving Eisenkot's bloc, with 48 seats against Netanyahu's camp of 53, with no realistic path to power without broad Arab backing, an option Eisenkot has so far…”
“For Netanyahu, fighting for his political survival, several paths remain open: renewing his alliance with the far right, building a broader coalition or facing yet another political deadlock.”
“As ministers in Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have overseen policies widely perceived as discriminatory against Israel's minority Arab population and Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.”
“Eisenkot has criticised settler violence against Palestinians, which has surged since 2023, raising tensions in Israel’s ties with Western states, and he opposes Netanyahu's far-right coalition partners Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who have both…”
“…cy, the analysts said, as victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the backing of far-right coalition partners could embolden him to step up the war with Iran, tighten Israel's grip on the occupied West Bank and push diplomacy further to the…”
“Polls show that Netanyahu’s right-wing and far-right coalition and the opposition bloc, whose most prominent figure is former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, are neck and neck, with approximately 50 to 52 seats each.”
““But now, I will go out and vote,” he said, concerned that a low turnout among the Arab population would embolden the far-right elements of the current ruling coalition.”