Netanyahu was not pushed into the arms of the ultra-Orthodox and the far right - he chose them | Nadav Tamir

Nadav Tamir argues that Netanyahu was not forced to form a government with the ultra-Orthodox and the far right, but chose them to advance his legal interests. According to him, the liberal camp's mistake was excluding Arab citizens from the struggle for democracy.

In an opinion piece, Nadav Tamir argues that Benjamin Netanyahu was not pushed into the arms of the ultra-Orthodox and the far right, but willingly chose them to advance his personal legal interests. According to Tamir, since the filing of the indictments, Netanyahu's central goal has been to influence the fate of his trial, not judicial reform or ideology. Tamir quotes Yair Lapid, who said that Netanyahu wants to decide who will be the prosecutor in his trial, and Avigdor Lieberman, who defined Yariv Levin's reform as a move to save Netanyahu. The article claims that Lapid, Gantz, and Lieberman could not be partners to such a move because they set the independence of the judicial system as a red line. Tamir adds that the real mistake of the liberal camp was excluding Arab citizens from the struggle for democracy, and that a broad democratic camp must be built that includes them as full partners.