Israel’s next government must save the country before it is too late – opinion

The article argues that Israel is at a critical juncture, requiring a "National Salvation Front" to address pressing internal and external challenges. The author proposes a dozen immediate tasks for the next government, emphasizing accountability and democratic reforms, including a state commission into the October 7 events and repealing recent judicial changes. Externally, the plan suggests accepting the Trump Gaza plan, ending Jewish extremism in the West Bank, freezing settlement expansion beyond the security barrier, and rebuilding regional strategies with Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Egypt, and Jordan.

• Domestically, the article calls for declaring organized crime in Arab communities a national emergency, ensuring equal funding for Arab municipalities, and declaring a state of emergency in education with mandatory core curriculum for all state-funded schools.
• It also advocates for overhauling incentives by gradually eliminating child allowances after the third child and restoring yeshiva budgets to lower levels.
• A universal service law for military or national service is proposed, with consequences for draft evaders.
• Finally, the author suggests making the Negev and Galilee new national projects with significant investment and amending the Basic Law to prevent indicted individuals from forming a government.