Exploit the opportunity to form a lean and efficient government

Ariella Ringel Hoffman calls on the leaders of the Change Bloc to abandon previous commitments and form a lean and efficient government, making compromises with Arab and Haredi parties, in light of the election results that gave 67 seats to the bloc opposing Netanyahu.

Ariella Ringel Hoffman argues that the 2026 election results, which gave 48 seats to the Change Bloc, 53 to the Netanyahu Bloc, and 19 to the Arab parties, require the leaders of the Change Bloc to abandon their earlier commitments. She cites the pledges of Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan, and Avigdor Lieberman not to sit with Netanyahu, with Haredi parties, or with Arab parties, and states that there is no way to form a government without compromises. The author calls for forming a lean and efficient government, focusing on health, education, and welfare, and recalls Motta Gur's 1994 remarks about the need to break free from the shackles of the past.