Israeli opposition leader calls for general election

Israel’s opposition leader has called for a general election once the military campaign in Gaza is over.

“The Israeli people will face a tough decision [after this conflict]: does it see a future for the two-state solution or not, which is why I think that after this military campaign we must go to elections,” Yitzhak Herzog, head of the Labour Party, told Israel’s Channel 2.

“The people will have their say because this government has failed on almost every front. Economically, we’re on the verge of an economic catastrophe, not to mention the dead end on the diplomatic front regarding the peace process, which in its way, has led us to where we are now.”

“We have to decide, we can’t hold on to the West Bank as whole. We can’t keep [millions of] Palestinians in a pressure cooker. Those who want the West Bank to be, God forbid, like Gaza, should continue on this path. Those who don’t must pursue a brave [peace] process,” he said.