Following the October election, Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing bloc secured 53 Knesset seats, while Gadi Eisenkot’s four-party alliance captured 48 seats. Although Eisenkot gained temporary control of key parliamentary committees through support from two Palestinian-led factions, his partners Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman refuse to join a formal government with them. To reach the required 61-seat majority without Likud, Eisenkot would need support from ultra-Orthodox parties like Shas and United Torah Judaism. These potential partners have stalled negotiations by demanding written guarantees for military draft exemptions that Eisenkot and Lieberman actively oppose.
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Gadi Eisenkot must navigate conflicting demands between secular political partners and ul…: Gadi Eisenkot must navigate conflicting demands between secular political partners and ultra-Orthodox factions to secure a 61-seat parliamentary majority.
Benjamin Netanyahu has framed a potential national unity partnership with Eisenkot's Yash…: Benjamin Netanyahu has framed a potential national unity partnership with Eisenkot's Yashar party as essential for addressing urgent Iranian security threats.
Disagreements over military conscription exemptions for seminary students pose a signific…: Disagreements over military conscription exemptions for seminary students pose a significant obstacle to resolving the coalition talks before December 6.
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Likud and Yashar, their parties, are scheduled to hold talks on Sunday, but will need to overcome major differences to work together.
Israel’s caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his appeal for a unity government with opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot, casting a coalition that would keep him in power as integral to Israel’s national security.
In a video statement on Saturday, Netanyahu said his meeting with Eisenkot on Thursday “only strengthened the conviction that it is essential to form a national unity government”. He said such a government could “eliminate the Iranian threat once and for all” and claimed Tehran would “not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against us”.
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