The free recommendation and paying the price instead of collecting it

An opinion article in Arab48 criticizes the decision of the Joint List and the United Arab List to give a free recommendation to task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the Israeli government without prior negotiations, and questions the usefulness of the step and the price that the Arab public may pay.

The article, written by an opinion writer on the Arab48 website, discusses the decision of the two main Arab lists in Israel, the Joint List and the United Arab List, to give a free recommendation to the Israeli president to task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government, without conducting prior negotiations with him or with the rest of the opposition parties. The writer raises questions about the usefulness of this step and the limits of the Arab parties' influence in the Israeli political landscape, and the price that the Arab public may pay for support that is not accompanied by clear understandings or commitments. The article points to Eisenkot's extreme right-wing positions that oppose the struggle of the Palestinian people and reject any political settlements that guarantee the minimum of their national rights. The writer cites an article by the late Hadash candidate Jaafar Farah, who indicated that the recommendation to task a candidate with forming the government is an important political card, especially when the balance of power is close, and that it is unusual for parties to give up this card without negotiating for the minimum demands.