The Israeli politicians seeking to replace Netanyahu

On September 26, five Israeli opposition leaders signed a non-aggression pact to try to defeat Benjamin Netanyahu in the October 27 election. Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan and Avigdor Liberman said they shared the goal of forming a Zionist government focused on repair and reconstruction, despite their ideological differences. Except for Golan, they take a fundamentally right-wing approach; none is committed to establishing a Palestinian state, though the Democrats describe it as a distant goal. None calls Israel’s war in Gaza genocide or has questioned Israeli military actions across the region.