Tzvika Mor Calls for Unity and Rotation, Criticizes Reliance on Arab Parties

Religious Zionism MK Tzvika Mor called for a unity government with rotation in a Knesset Channel interview published on Sunday, November 15. Mor said Gadi Eisenkot was not succeeding in forming a government and argued that unity and rotation were the appropriate response. Speaking on the program The Central Arena with Yuval Karni, Mor also criticized reliance on the Arab parties. He described that approach as an attempt at a “civilian conquest of the State of Israel under the auspices of democracy.” His remarks followed a November 14 appeal by Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich for Eisenkot to respond to the prime minister’s outstretched hand. Addressing him as Gadi, Smotrich said Religious Zionism would act in politics as a spearhead for unity and national responsibility, as it did on the battlefield. Earlier, on November 4, Religious Zionism announced that Orit Strook, Tzvika Mor and Itamar Eitam had recommended to President Isaac Herzog that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receive the mandate to form the next government. The party’s statement said the election results called for a broad national government led by Netanyahu.