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user-inactivated  ·  1848 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trumps peace plan would turn me into a Palestinian citizen

“Gantz will implement it if he’s elected.”

    MK Yousuf Jabareen of the Joint List alliance of Arab majority parties on Friday said the parties would not back Blue and White after the next election since Gantz vowed to adopt the peace plan if elected.

    Without the backing of the Joint List, it is unlikely that Gantz will get enough support to be allowed to form a government. The latest polls continue to show a deadlock between Gantz’s center and left coalition and Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious bloc.

    Also Friday, leftist Labor-Gesher-Meretz chairman MK Amir Peretz attacked the Blue and White party, saying the centrist movement is “walking a fine line and looking for every opportunity to shift to the right. The attempt to bring the Trump plan for a Knesset vote testifies that they also prefer unilateral annexation over negotiations and separating from the Palestinians,” Maariv reported.

Was expecting Gantz to stay left-field. Gonna do some more reading...