The home front: a threat Israel cannot ignore | Col. (res.) Amir Noy

Col. (res.) Amir Noy calls for preparing for a 'home front' that includes 19 Arab mandates, suspicions of election bribery, nationalist extremism, and international pressure. He proposes a national unity government, fighting terrorism, restoring governance, and changing the mechanism for disqualifying parties.

Col. (res.) Amir Noy argues in an opinion piece in Maariv that Israel must prepare for a new 'home front,' which includes the 19 mandates of the Arab parties, suspicions of harm to election integrity, nationalist extremism, rising violence, and international pressure for the establishment of a Palestinian state. He emphasizes that this is not a declaration of war on Arab citizens, but rather an identification of political and national aspirations as a security threat. Noy notes that the Central Elections Committee approved the results, but calls for an examination of the circumstances under which they were obtained, including suspicions of election bribery in the Negev. He proposes five steps: forming a national unity government, intensifying the fight against terrorism and incitement, restoring governance in Arab society, changing the mechanism for disqualifying parties, and setting red lines vis-à-vis the Palestinian Authority and the international community. The article concludes with a call to stop repressing and start protecting Israel's sovereignty as the nation-state of the Jewish people.