"If they don't unite, the people will judge them": The voices outside the President's residence - and the call

Protesters outside the President's residence in Jerusalem, including a bereaved father turned peace activist and an 81-year-old evacuee from Yamit, are calling for the formation of a broad unity government. Activists from the 'Fourth Quarter' movement argue that a Zionist unity government is the least bad option.

Protesters outside the President's residence in Jerusalem are calling for the formation of a broad unity government, as party representatives arrive to recommend a candidate for forming the government. Among the prominent voices: Yitzhak Frankenthal, a bereaved father whose son was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas in 1994 and who became a peace activist, and Avi Farhan, 81, an evacuee from Yamit and one of the founders of the Eli Sinai settlement. Frankenthal calls for unity also with the Arab parties and argues that the Israeli Arab public behaves admirably. Farhan calls on Netanyahu, Eisenkot, and the leaders of the Zionist parties to form a national-liberal unity government, warning that division could lead to civil war. Alongside them, activists from the 'Fourth Quarter' movement present three options: additional elections, a narrow government, or a Zionist unity government, which they say is the least bad option.

"If they don't unite, the people will judge them": The voices outside the President's residence - and the call