What made a Jewish lawmaker enter a political partnership with an Arab Israeli? | On the line with Yuval Segalovitz
Haaretz speaks with the former Yesh Atid lawmaker and current United Arab List Knesset candidate
Israeli far-right Kahanist Tzachi Eliyahu, who bears a tattoo of the banned Kach movement, is set to enter the Israeli parliament, or the Knesset, on Ben Gvir’s party list. Eliyahu secured the eighth position out of Otzma Yehudit’s candidates list ahead of Israel’s elections scheduled for October 27. Kach, founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, was outlawed in 1994 following the 1994 Hebron mosque massacre by a Kach member.
Ben Gvir, a convicted supporter of Kach, initially blocked Eliyahu from entering the Knesset, citing concerns over the party’s image. However, Eliyahu managed to secure the eighth place on the list after the party submitted its candidates to the Central Elections Committee. Recent polls estimate the party will win eight to 10 Knesset seats.
Ben Gvir has also advocated for the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank, a euphemism for forced displacement or expulsion.
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