Recent polls are showing a surprising increase in support for the prime minister among Arab voters. It is time to change the false paradigm by which the Arab electorate instinctively gravitates to the Left.
The upcoming elections pose a real opportunity to advance Arab society, and the question is which political party will become the new and true home for the Arab public.
The major point of contention is reportedly the demand by the National Union that Habayit Hayehudi be excluded from the national-religious faction. Two more public figures announce parliamentary bids ahead of the March 23 vote.
If there is one thing the Left can't handle is support among Arab voters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This time, the Left has no clear candidate for prime minister, and more new parties than ever, which will have to form joint lists or risk wasting hundreds of thousands of votes.
"Why can't Israeli Arabs be part of the ruling party? Why vote for radical parties that do nothing for you? Vote for us. Vote for me," PM Netanyahu says during a visit to Umm al-Fahm.
Israel doesn’t need another center-left party. It needs a stable democracy, which means the Left has to find its way back to presenting an alternative to the Right.
Major Israeli news outlets project that while Likud would still best its rivals, PM Netanyahu will be hard-pressed to form a stable coalition. Polls show Blue and White teetering on the edge of the electoral threshold.
Equal in power to Likud just a short nine months ago, polls show Blue and White is now teetering on the edge of the threshold required in order to enter parliament.
Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz's party continues to lose leading members. Ashkenazi will stay on as foreign minister until a new government is formed.