Coalition official: The incident in Saudi skies proves what the elections are really about

A senior coalition official claims that the attempted downing of a plane in Saudi skies proves that the elections are about the fundamental gap between the right and the opposition: while Lapid and Bennett talk about a political horizon and concessions to the Authority, the right understands that you cannot negotiate with an ideology that seeks to harm Israel.

A senior coalition official addressed the security incident in Saudi skies, in which a co-pilot of Omani origin attempted to down a plane carrying 170 Israelis, and claimed that the incident proves that the upcoming elections are not a campaign spin but concern a fundamental gap between the right and the opposition. According to the source, while Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett talk about a political horizon, concessions, and relief for the Palestinian Authority, the right understands that you cannot negotiate with an extreme nationalist ideology whose goal is to murder Jews. The source added that the policy led by Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir in the territories—strengthening agricultural farms, curbing illegal takeover of state lands, promoting E1, and demolishing illegal construction—should also be implemented in the air, with full Israeli security supervision over foreign airlines. According to him, the elections are between a right that knows how to fight terrorism everywhere and a left-wing government that will fold and enable the next attack.