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Arab-majority parties back Gadi Eisenkot’s bid to form Israel’s next government

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The Joint List and Ra’am, two Arab-majority parties in Israel, have backed opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, Al Jazeera and Semafor report. Semafor describes the move as a declaration of support by Israel’s largest Arab party grouping. The Associated Press reports that Joint List lawmaker Ahmad Tibi says the bloc is willing to back an anti-Netanyahu government without joining it, a break with decades of precedent. The AP says the partnership would be politically fraught for both sides, since the Joint List would be backing a government unlikely to end Israel’s wars or curb settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.

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  1. The Joint List and Ra’am have backed Gadi Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Semafor

  2. Joint List lawmaker Ahmad Tibi says the bloc is willing to support an anti-Netanyahu government without joining it.

    One outletScripps News· Center

  3. Slate describes this kind of coalition as one that has happened only once before.

    One outletSlate· Far Left

How each side tells it

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Coverage on both sides reports Arab-majority parties moving to back Gadi Eisenkot against Netanyahu. The left frames it as a rare, surprising move that could oust Netanyahu, while the center stresses the political risks and the Joint List’s conditional willingness.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left-side headlines frame the Arab parties’ move as a surprising step against Netanyahu, with Slate, the far-left outlet, stressing that it might oust him.

    Jerusalem Daily: Arab parties back Eisenkot against Netanyahu
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    2 outlets

    Center headlines present the Arab parties’ stance as a move against Netanyahu, with the AP report, carried by Scripps News, stressing the Joint List’s willingness rather than a declared backing.

    Arab grouping backs Netanyahu challenger for next Israeli government
    SemaforCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

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  • Left3

    mind-blowingastonishingdestroys

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  • Sensational language

    mind-blowingMore neutral: unexpected

    The adjective adds drama to a description of the election results.

    Fast on the heels of Tuesday’s mind-blowing American midterm elections, Israelis are forming a new government that seems hardly…

    Used bySlate (Far Left)

  • Sensational language

    astonishingMore neutral: unexpected

    The adjective adds drama to a description of the new government.

    …midterm elections, Israelis are forming a new government that seems hardly less astonishing—a ruling body for the Jewish state that includes Israeli Arabs.

    Used bySlate (Far Left)

  • Loaded verb

    destroysMore neutral: demolishes

    The verb adds a tone of destruction beyond the act of demolishing a community's structures.

    Israel destroys a Palestinian Bedouin community to make way for the controversial E1 illegal…

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

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    criminal governmentMore neutral: this government

    Calling an elected government criminal is a judgement presented without any finding of wrongdoing in the article.

    “We want to do things that we did not do in the past in order to remove this criminal government,” Ahmad Tibi, a senior member of the Arab Joint List, told The Associated…

    Quoted byScripps News (Center)

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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Arab parties backing Netanyahu’s challengers
  • Possible ouster of Netanyahu
  • Rarity of this kind of coalition
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From the center

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Arab parties’ willingness to break precedent
  • Challenge to Netanyahu’s rule
  • Political risks for both sides
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  • Scripps NewsCenterAssociated Press report

    Arab bloc signals willingness to back coalition seeking to oust Netanyahu

    A veteran Arab lawmaker in Israel says his bloc is willing to break with decades of precedent and join forces with Jewish-led parties in a shared bid to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long rule. …

    Read at Scripps News (opens in a new tab)
  • SemaforCenter

    Arab grouping backs Netanyahu challenger for next Israeli government

    Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government.

    Read at Semafor (opens in a new tab)

From the right

0 outlets

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    3 min later

    Its first report, Nov 5, 5:32 PM EST

  • Center

    First to report

    Semafor, Nov 5, 5:28 PM EST

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. SemaforCenterNov 5, 5:28 PM EST
  2. SlateFar LeftNov 5, 5:32 PM EST
  3. Scripps NewsCenterNov 6, 8:14 AM EST
  4. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftNov 6, 11:21 AM EST

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