Elections will be held in Israel in October at the latest. The circumstances are extremely complicated: Since the attack by militant Palestinians on October 7, 2023, the country has been at war on multiple fronts.
Society is more divided than ever before, along various fault lines: secular versus religious, liberal versus conservative, Palestinian versus Jewish. And according to observers, the opposition is, in many respects, barely distinguishable from the ruling party.
Which political forces are benefiting from the tense situation in the Middle East? Which issues are shaping the election campaign? Who exactly constitutes the opposition—and what are its chances? What role do the Arab parties play—might they even become kingmakers?
The participants in the discussion:
- Aida Touma-Sliman, born in Nazareth, a member of the Knesset since 2015 for the left-wing party Hadash/Aljabha, former chair of the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality.
- Gil Shohat, born in Bonn to Israeli parents, director of the Israel office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.
- Luise Amtsberg, member of the Bundestag, Middle East rapporteur for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, and former Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid.
- Lisa Schneider. West Asia and North Africa editor at taz (Tageszeitung), will moderate this event