This need arises against the backdrop of a looming crisis in the Palestinian Authority. It will be up to the next government to come up with a plan that takes into consideration the reality that we face, our real interests, and those of our No. It can be safely assumed that Netanyahu, most likely our next prime minister, in between his authentic right-wing ideological views and his grasp of reality, will opt for a national unity government. On January 23, we will all wake up to reality a reality in which seven million Jews and five-and-a-half million Arabs live between the Sea and the River a reality in which Palestinians are demanding their national rights in opposition to Israeli occupation, some with pragmatism, some with growing extremism – rights that are being recognized by the entire world, believing, along with the United States, in a two-state solution a reality in which, given our size and economy, we are highly dependent on the world, primarily the United States a reality in which history teaches us that racism and lack of morality lead to catastrophe. If this will indeed be the pervading view of our next government, we risk endangering both our very Jewish and democratic being as well as our place among the family of nations. One that believes in Jewish superiority, not considering Arabs as equals one that sees strength in the crude use of force and weakness in democracy, respect for human rights and appealing to the world. These proposals, though lacking any real political and moral basis, reflect the authentic worldview of today's Israeli Right. Prominent Israeli Knesset candidates, many of them most probably part of the next coalition, are in these days of vigorous campaigning attempting to highjack us into their fata morganas (mirages) regarding the future of the West Bank be it Naftali Bennett with his ridiculous proposal to annex 60 percent of the West Bank to Israel or Binyamin Netanyahu's efforts to do everything in his prime ministerial power to prevent a two-state solution through settlement expansion to the dismay of the whole world or be it Arieh Eldad and Itamar Ben-Gvir's suggestion to transfer the Palestinians from their lands, probably on trains and buses.
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