It is now up to the right to make sovereignty over Area C the defining issue.

By Ted Belman

Blue and White/New Hope have just changed its name to “HaMahane HaMamlachti,” unofficially translated as “National Camp,”. It was just announced that former military chief Gadi Eisenkot will join them and be alloted the third position on the list.

Finally they have also been joined by Yamina MK Matan Kahana, who is deputy religious affairs minister in the outgoing government, will also run in the ninth position on the new slate on the new slate.

TOI reports;

In a January interview to Hebrew daily Maariv, Eisenkot said that he thought a one-state, two-nation solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would be “the end of the Zionist vision.”

“I think a bi-national state is the end of the Zionist vision. It doesn’t take a great genius to understand the significance of millions of Palestinians mixed with us, plus the complex situation vis-à-vis Israeli Arabs, who also made very specific decisions over 75 years, which brought the situation to the current problem,” Eisenkot said.

“Is this what we want? Do we not see that this is what will happen in another 10-20 years? We are passing the problem on to future generations,” Eisenkot said, adding: “Or, in fact, do we prefer separation from the Palestinians?”

It is clear to me that this party abhors a bi-national state and is committed to creating a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River.

They have thrown down the gauntlet.  It is now up to the right to make sovereignty over Area C the defining issue.

Meanwhile, Smoltrich and Ben Gvir have not yet been able to get together. Natanyahu has openly recommended that they run separately.

It appears that the only way Netanhyahu can form a government is for the Zionist Spirit to get 4 seats. As I have said before, Netanyahu will make sure they pass the threshold and join his government