The plan for the day after - unity with an asterisk

Yizhar Shai proposes a plan to establish a national emergency government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu for a limited time, with ministers from the opposition, while setting conditions including a state commission of inquiry and a conscription law.

Yizhar Shai, former Minister of Science and Technology, proposes in an opinion piece on ynet a plan to establish a national emergency government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu for a limited period of 18 months, as a solution to the political deadlock created following the 2026 election results. Shai argues that the liberal change bloc failed to create a governing alternative, and that the right-wing bloc did not achieve a decisive victory. The proposed government would include Gadi Eisenkot as Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett as Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid as Education Minister, Avigdor Lieberman as Finance Minister, Yair Golan as Minister of Internal Security, and Gilad Kariv as Justice Minister. Conditions for establishing the government include forming a state commission of inquiry, enacting a conscription or national service law for all Israeli citizens, setting aside the judicial reform initiative, and excluding Otzma Yehudit from the coalition. Shai emphasizes that entering the government would be done while recognizing that Netanyahu is a 'dangerous man, pathological liar', but argues that the bloc's parties have nothing to lose and that Israel would gain worthy ministers, a commission of inquiry, a conscription law, enhanced security, and strengthened international standing.