Orit Strock Warns Against Government Backed by Arab Parties
Minister Orit Strock warned against forming a government backed by Arab parties, stating that such cooperation poses a severe danger and amounts to joining the enemy.
Minister of Settlements and National Projects Orit Strock launched a sharp attack on Wednesday against the prospect of establishing a government backed by Arab parties, warning that such a move poses a severe danger to the State of Israel.
Speaking in an interview on the open studio program, Strock criticized Yashar! party leader Gadi Eisenkot over potential coalition scenarios. She argued that political cooperation with factions that view the establishment of the state as a disaster amounts to joining the enemy.
"This is not just disappointment, this is a very clear sense of great danger," Strock stated. "To form a government in partnership with parties that see the creation of the State of Israel as a disaster? Whoever sees the state's foundation as a disaster—it does not matter if they fight us with the power of the sword, missiles, or weapons, or if they fight us through our democracy."
Strock specifically targeted Mansour Abbas and raised concerns over MK Matan Kahana potentially securing the position of Knesset Speaker with Arab party backing. She called on Zionist lawmakers across the political spectrum to reconsider their positions and prevent such a coalition from taking shape.
