The ruling Israeli right in the colony is torn between three main parliamentary blocs, which will contest the upcoming elections before the end of this year, in addition to smaller blocs: 1- The first bloc is the Likud bloc, headed by Netanyahu. 2- The second bloc is an alliance between Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, titled "Beyahad" (Together), meaning the Change Camp. 3- The third bloc is headed by former army chief of staff Gadi Eizenkot, and is titled "Yashar" (Straight), meaning integrity. Therefore, the conditions of the upcoming elections in the colony differ from the 2022 elections, where Netanyahu was able to win a majority of 32 seats, which he will not be able to obtain in this year's elections for several reasons: In the 2022 Knesset elections, Likud benefited from the loss of two parties that failed to cross the electoral threshold: first, the Arab National Democratic Assembly party, and second, the left-wing Zionist Meretz movement. The votes they received, according to the Knesset election law, were transferred to other parties, and Likud benefited from this as the largest party, gaining at least six seats for free from the votes of the Assembly and Meretz parties. The data differs for both; the Assembly has secured success through a triple alliance with the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality and the Arab Movement for Change, while the Meretz movement has united with the Zionist Labor Party, headed by former officer Yair Golan, and together they formed the "Democrats" party, which polls give at least ten seats. Thus, Netanyahu will not benefit from the loss of votes from the Assembly and Meretz parties. The second new factor is the agreement reached between the parties of Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett, and their competition for the possibility of becoming the largest party, which will reduce Likud's chances of obtaining the largest number of seats. The third new factor is the rise in the stature of former Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, whom polls give the possibility of becoming the largest party, in competition against the Likud bloc and the Lapid-Bennett alliance. Polls are volatile among the three right-wing blocs, giving each between 20 and 24 seats, which confirms that Likud will not enjoy 32 seats as before. The overall data indicates that Likud is not only facing a decline in its electoral strength, but this also extends to the difficulty of building a parliamentary coalition capable of securing a majority of 61 deputies. Therefore, increasing estimates suggest that Netanyahu may find himself for the first time unable to form the next government, even if he remains head of Likud and becomes a member of the Knesset. The existence of the three right-wing blocs, which do not believe in, work for, or acknowledge two issues: equality for Palestinians in the '48 areas, and the rejection of independence for Palestinians in the '67 areas, causes embarrassment for the Islamic Movement and its United Bloc, led by MP Mansour Abbas, who seeks an alliance with the Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett bloc. He had previously allied with Naftali Bennett's government to be a partner in the government, driven by livelihood demands to achieve gains and needs for his people in the '48 areas, and for political motives, most notably breaking the notion of the "Jewish state," which is a controversial outcome not approved by other Palestinian Arab political forces, especially the triple alliance that brings together the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality with the Arab Movement for Change and the National Democratic Assembly. The data of the Israeli colonial society is still stuck in the thinking and choices of fundamental hostility towards the Palestinian people, carrying the slogan "Either us or them," and that partnership, settlement, or reaching realistic solutions according to UN Resolutions 181 and 194, no matter how unfair they may seem to the rights, aspirations, and demands of the Palestinian people, have become a program and policy adopted by the majority of Palestinian political forces, whether in the '48 areas or the '67 areas, and have been approved by the Palestinian National Council. Even the Hamas movement announced its acceptance of the two-state solution in a document issued in Doha on (1/5/2017).





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