Amit Segal: This is the only way to topple Netanyahu
Analyst Amit Segal, in a column for Israel Hayom, describes the paradox facing the Israeli opposition: intensifying the election campaign could mobilize Netanyahu's supporters and keep him in the prime minister's post. Segal examines a scenario in which Netanyahu's bloc receives one more mandate than the opposition, requiring complex coalition arrangements involving Ra'am and Balad.
Analyst Amit Segal, in his weekly column in Israel Hayom, describes the paradoxical situation facing the Israeli opposition ahead of the upcoming elections. In his assessment, an attempt to intensify the election campaign could simultaneously mobilize supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu, thereby keeping him in the prime minister's post. Segal notes that last week, despondency and disappointment intensified in the opposition camp. He examines a scenario in which the hope of obtaining 61 mandates for the bloc advocating a change of government will finally disappear. In such a case, according to the analyst, the campaign may reach a point where Netanyahu's bloc has one more mandate than the opposition bloc. Forming an interim government in such a situation would require active support from Ra'am, abstention by Balad, and possibly Goldknopf. Segal recounts a dialogue with a senior representative of the opposition bloc who described the choice as 'between Ra'am and very bad.'