Benzi Sikura: Decide that you have won – establish a state commission of inquiry

Benzi Sikura argues that Netanyahu lost the elections with 53 seats compared to 67 for the Change Bloc, and calls on the bloc to immediately establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster, elect a new Knesset speaker, and begin dismantling the judicial overhaul laws.

In an opinion piece, Benzi Sikura argues that Benjamin Netanyahu lost the elections, with 53 seats versus 67 for the Change Bloc. According to him, this is not a tie or a stalemate, and any other framing is a stale playbook that Netanyahu has been recycling for twenty years. Sikura calls on the Change Bloc to decide to win: elect a new Knesset speaker, establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster, and begin dismantling the judicial overhaul laws. He emphasizes that the majority of 67 Knesset members enjoys current public legitimacy and can legislate even without forming a new government. Sikura references the historic voter turnout in Arab society and calls on the bloc to accept the outstretched hand of Arab citizens, while mentioning the heroism of Awad Darawshe and Youssef al-Ziadna on October 7. The article concludes with a call for political courage to seize the given majority.