Everyone Promised a Restart After October 7 – Then Returned to Fighting Over Seats | Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya
Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya calls for the establishment of a single liberal right-wing party that would offer a new order of sovereignty, liberty, and responsibility, instead of several parties competing over the same space. He emphasizes that the party should start from the question of what kind of state we want to build, not from who will be number one. He also discusses the balance between professional institutions and democracy.
In an opinion piece, Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya argues that Israel after October 7 needs a real restart, expressed in the establishment of a single liberal right-wing party, rather than several parties competing over the same space. He stresses that such a party should begin with a fundamental question about the kind of state desired, not with who will be number one. He identifies a large public that is right-wing on security and nationalism but liberal on individual freedoms, economics, science, and technology. He also discusses the role of professional institutions, stating that their independence does not grant them a blank check to take sovereignty. The article calls for ideological unity, not political unity.