What's Next for Israel After Election Produces Gridlock
- With 93% of polling stations tallied, Israel faces political deadlock as neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing bloc nor opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot's pro-change camp has secured the 61-seat majority required to govern.
- Predominantly Arab parties won a historic 19 seats after unprecedented voter turnout, emerging as potential kingmakers; however, both major blocs have previously ruled out formal coalition partnerships with these Arab-led factions.
- Israeli President Isaac Herzog will begin consultations with party leaders this week to determine which lawmaker has the best chance of forming a government, a constitutional process mandated under Israel's Basic Law: The Government.
- Candidates have 28 days to negotiate a coalition and secure 61 seats, with a possible 14-day extension; if talks fail, Israel faces another election early next year with Netanyahu serving as caretaker.
- President Herzog has urged leaders to abandon rigid campaign positions, warning against climbing "high trees" of inflexible negotiating stances that could complicate coalition-building and risk further political instability.
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Israel inaugurates a new Knesset. Its only legislative chamber changes its appearance after the elections of 27 October, which caused the majority to lose the coalition of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. On Tuesday the 120 deputies, among which there are 46 new faces, have sworn their position in a ceremony that has included a speech by the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog. This same one entrusted the leader of the opposition, the former milit…
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welingelichtekringen.nlJERUSALEM (ANP/AFP) - The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, met on Tuesday for the first time since the parliamentary elections late last month. President Isaac Herzog opened the new session. 120 elected members of parliament were sworn in during a ceremony. Last Saturday wee...
The inauguration of the deputies took place in the midst of a political battle between the camp of centrist Gadi Eisenkot, responsible for forming a government, and that of outgoing Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, none with a majority.
The 26th Knesset deputies took an oath of allegiance, and the Israeli Parliament began its work after the elections. The new parliamentary majority led by the leader of the Yashar party, Ghadi Aysenkot, nominated the Speaker of the Knesset, Matan Kahanu, and handed over to RIA News. The head of the Foreign Affairs and Defence Commission is proposed to appoint Avigdor Lieberman as leader of the Israel House. The Finance Commission may be headed f…
The President of Israel urges parliamentarians to promote unity, dialogue and cooperation among the various political forces to ensure the stability of the country
Gadi Eisenkot committed on Tuesday to form a new government as quickly as possible to replace his rival Benjamin Netanyahu, just before the first session of a deeply reorganized Knesset (Israeli Parliament), reports AFP.
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