Arab Parties Back Eisenkot: What’s the Latest in Israel’s Coalition Talks?
- Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's bloc is set to receive support from Arab-led parties, significantly hindering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to form a government after last week's elections.
- Arab voters doubled their turnout to about 80 percent, enabling the Arab-led Joint List and Ra'am to win a record-breaking 19 seats in the Knesset, while Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud secured only 53 seats.
- Ra'am won eight seats and the Joint List won 11, providing Eisenkot a path to form a "minority government" with fewer than 61 seats and avoiding political deadlock.
- President Isaac Herzog will begin meeting with leaders of the 11 parties elected to parliament, as Eisenkot or Netanyahu will be given 28 days to form a coalition government.
- Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen told The Guardian his party won't join the coalition, stating "as long as the occupation of our people in the West Bank continues, we cannot be part of a government.
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Opposition leaders back Gadi Eisenkot for government mandate, agree to select Knesset speaker candidate and defer coalition discussions, Channel 12 reports
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Gadi Eisenkot sets out four principles before attempting to form a majority.
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