The proposal I don't want to make
Rafi Shutz, a member of the Democratic Party, proposes in an opinion piece that Yashar, Together, and Yisrael Beiteinu offer the Likud a right-center coalition led by Netanyahu, with 67 MKs, that would enact an equal service law and establish a state commission of inquiry. Shutz defines this as a last resort and describes the heavy costs to the left.
Rafi Shutz, a former ambassador and member of the Democratic Party, proposes in an opinion piece on ynet that three parties from the change bloc – Yashar of Eisenkot, Together of Bennett, and Yisrael Beiteinu of Lieberman – offer the Likud to form a right-center coalition led by Netanyahu. According to him, the four parties together have 67 MKs, a majority that would allow a stable government without dependence on the ultra-Orthodox or the far right. The government could enact an equal service law, establish a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 disaster, promote an end to wars, and rehabilitate institutions. Shutz emphasizes that this is a last resort, and that Netanyahu would have to give up his natural partners, agree to legislate an equal service law and establish a commission of inquiry that would also examine his personal responsibility, without a pardon. The cost to the left, he says, is enormous – Netanyahu would remain prime minister and the Arab parties would remain outside the coalition. However, Shutz sees potential for future cooperation between the Jewish left and the Arab public in the opposition.