Full-on Right
Uri Barbash writes an opinion piece comparing Gadi Eisenkot to David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin, calling on him to form a broad coalition based on the values of the Declaration of Independence, while sharply criticizing the right wing under Netanyahu's leadership.
Uri Barbash, a film and television director, writes an opinion piece comparing Gadi Eisenkot to David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin. He argues that in both historic decisions—Ben-Gurion's acceptance of the partition of the land in 1947 and Begin's decision to evacuate Sinai in 1979—the opponents were the full-on right wing, thereby endangering the existence of the State of Israel. Barbash warns that today the full-on right wing under the leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu is again endangering our existence through a racist attempt to exclude Arab citizens of Israel from the human race, and describes the campaign of hatred and incitement against them as one of the worst in history. He calls on Eisenkot to rise to the stature of Ben-Gurion and Begin and form a coalition of people created in the image, without distinction of religion, race, or gender, based on the values of the Declaration of Independence.