Tal Becker

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Call Me Back - with Dan Senor · Sneak Peek: Tal Becker on the challenge of forming a coalition with Arabs parties · 8 Aug 2026 podcast

Okay, well, there's a a lot to say here, but I think maybe we'll start by saying that the attitude towards Arab party participation in an Israeli government coalition has actually fluctuated quite a bit over time.

And I think before October 7th, and when there were negotiations about Ram joining, and even the Netanyahu government is reported to have explored that option, I think there was more support.

And after October 7th, a lot less support.

But the numbers have shifted, so it's not consistent as the

First thing I would say.

The second thing is the question spoke about Ram, but also about Arab parties.

So it's worth saying that traditionally and historically, most Arab parties have, first of all, ideologically not wanted to be part of an Israeli coalition.

So the the opposition hasn't come in one direction only.

And second, they have traditionally been non-Zionist or anti-Zionist in their posture, which has made it really hard to imagine a joining of

Them in the coalition.

But still, it's an Islamist party, and there are questions that are raised around their agenda.

The core

Issue if I had to describe it, I think beyond whether they're actually committed to the project of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, which has kind of hovered over this historically and made Ram the actual first party in Israeli history to be part of a coalition.

The broader issue is Israel's security challenges, I think.

Israel is in fact in a conflict with obviously a lot around the region.

And to be able to

Make really difficult security decisions when potentially a party that could break the coalition is there with real concerns about this conflict at all, has been a real issue.

And after October 7th, I think a very significant number of Israeli Jews basically feel at the moment like it's an untenable kind of proposition.

Because if you need to take serious military action, whether in Gaza, in Judea, in Samaria or in the Arab world, but

You need in order to do that the consent of an Arab party whose constituents, maybe its family members and so on, are really implicated in a very different way.

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