Dozens of local authority heads, including Likud officials, call for Jewish-Arab partnership

Haaretz revealed that dozens of local authority heads in Israel, including officials from Likud, called for strengthening Jewish-Arab partnership, urging the political leadership to adopt a model of cooperation at the national level.

Haaretz revealed that dozens of local authority heads in Israel, including officials from the Likud party, called for strengthening Jewish-Arab partnership. The signatories of the statement urged the political leadership to adopt a model of cooperation at the national level, similar to what is happening in local authorities, and emphasized that the existing cooperation in local government can be transferred to the national level, calling for building a partnership based on mutual respect, civil governance, trust, and shared responsibility. The list included the mayor of Modi'in, Haim Bibas, and the mayor of Arad, Yair Maayan, both from Likud, in a position that contradicts their party's rhetoric, which has escalated its attacks on Arab parties. Likud had described a potential government with Arab party participation as a "dangerous government" based on what it called "supporters of terrorism," and also claimed that the elections were stolen through violations committed by Arab parties, without providing evidence.