"Full-Left, Full-Left": Former Knesset Speaker to Make a Political Comeback After 22 Years?

Former Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg announced his joining the new Jewish-Arab party "A Place for All of Us" and his intention to run with it in the upcoming elections. In an interview with Ynet, he said the past four years have been traumatic, and he offers "full-left, full-left" as an alternative. More than 400 supporters attended the party's election conference in Jaffa.

Former Knesset Speaker Avraham (Avrum) Burg announced his joining the new Jewish-Arab party "A Place for All of Us" and his intention to run with it in the upcoming Knesset elections. In an interview with Ynet, Burg said the past four years, including "the judicial coup, October 7, the wars that followed, corruption, and collapse," have been traumatic, and he offers "full-left, full-left" as an alternative. He emphasized his struggle for "the moral character of Israeli society," including minimum wage, fair rent, and protection for Gaza residents and Palestinians. Burg rejected the division between Jewish and Arab parties and called for removing politicians who uproot civic closeness. More than 400 supporters, Jews and Arabs, attended the party's election conference in Jaffa. The party's co-chair, Alon-Lee Green, said the list is based on equal representation and called to replace the rule of Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich with an alternative of peace, equality, and social justice.