Merav Ben Ari: "We were right-wing, left-wing, Arabs, Jews. I couldn't get them into the room"
The MK from Yesh Atid is finishing a grueling term as coordinator of the opposition factions, and explains in a summary interview what the Sisyphean struggle against Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition looks like. She refuses to…
Assessment
Merav Ben Ari, an outgoing opposition coordinator from Yesh Atid, reflects on a grueling term fighting a coalition she describes as clinging to power. She refuses to call the government's survival after October 7 a failure, claiming they blocked an attempt to change democracy. Her criticism of the media and her Mizrahi identity as a point of friction with David Amsalem reveal internal political and cultural tensions. The interview offers a personal accounting of coalition dynamics and personal grievances, but provides no new factual developments.