TEL AVIV — Four days after a historic election, two visions for Israel’s political future collided in a downtown plaza.
Thousands of Israelis descended on Habima Square in Tel Aviv this weekend to urge Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of the main opposition bloc, to form a government with Arab parties that could topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Some banged on drums, decrying what they saw as pervasive anti-Arab racism in Israel. Others waved placards in Hebrew and Arabic declaring, “Arabs and Jews will only win together.”