הנס הפוליטי הגדול בתולדות ישראל: האם הרוטציה בין שמיר לפרס יכולה לחזור? 🗳️ ישראל יוסקוביץ׳

One week before the 26th Knesset elections, we are traveling back exactly 40 years to October 20, 1986, the day the rarest political miracle in the history of Israeli democracy took place: the implementation of the rotation agreement between Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir and the presentation of Israel’s 22nd government. It was a moment born out of an existential, security, and economic crisis, which redefined the meaning of the word " compromise" in politics, and in Israeli politics in particular. The Knesset election campaign of July 11, 1984, ended in a paralyzing political tie, a deadlock, against the backdrop of two massive national crises. The IDF was stuck in the Lebanese mud after a long war—the two-year-long Operation Peace for Galilee—and the Israeli economy faced total collapse with runaway inflation of over 400%, with no clear decision at the ballot box. The two bitter rivals, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir, were forced to sign an unprecedented agreement, led, of course , by the President of the State, the father of the current president, Chaim Herzog. For two bleeding years, an entire country said that the rotation agreement would blow up at the last minute, that Shimon Peres—as I have mentioned in recent weeks—would not honor it. But he, despite the advice given by his aides and associates, and despite all the interpretations of the studio commentators, Shimon Peres honored the rotation after actually presenting an economic stabilization plan that curbed inflation and truly surprised the Israeli public. And I think we will meet here in a week and a day; we are one week from the elections , a week and a day away. And according to the polls, most polls predict a tie between the two Zionist blocs, and I think we need to do what Shamir and Peres did and simply come together for a unity government. I think that not only do I think so, but many among the people think so. The issue is truly one of trust. We have already been in this movie with the parity government during Benny Gantz’s time. The person who promised on live television, without tricks or gimmicks, that he would vacate the chair—did not vacate the chair. As a result, we arrived where we are today. We hope, we citizens of Israel hope, that with God's help in a week and a day, when the results are clear, and if there is indeed a political tie of a mandate here or a mandate there, both sides will gather under one roof, end the boycotts, and establish a national unity government. Have a good day, good news, and true unity.