Politics & Diplomacy
Israeli opposition must unite with Arab parties to defeat Netanyahu, analyst argues
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The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland argues that Israel's opposition cannot defeat Benjamin Netanyahu without forming a coalition with Arab political parties, a move required to counter the prime minister's nationalist strategy. Netanyahu, Freedland writes, will deploy every available tactic to remain in power, understanding that such an alliance is essential to his opponents' success.
The analysis frames the electoral challenge as a philosophical paradox in which victory and defeat become intertwined, suggesting the opposition faces a fundamental choice about the rules under which Israeli democracy operates. Freedland contends that confronting national populism demands abandoning conventional political civility.
