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Nov 2, 2026

Israel's opposition leaders unite behind Eisenkot to oust Netanyahu

Israel's main opposition parties agreed to back former military chief Gadi Eisenkot as their candidate for prime minister following the October 27 election that left neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's with a majority. Arab-led parties holding 19 seats could determine the outcome.

Nov 2, 20266 sources

Top claims

▪Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on November 2, 2026, for the formation of a broad national government under his leadership, citing Likud's position as the largest party with 27 Knesset seats
▪The opposition alliance, comprising Yashar, B'Yachad, Yisrael Beytenu, the Democrats, and Yesh Atid, agreed to replace Benjamin Netanyahu's government with a national emergency administration and immediately begin drafting policy guidelines
▪Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out forming a coalition government dependent on Arab-led political parties, alleging that those parties support terrorism and reject Israel's existence as a Jewish state

People involved

Yair Lapid Isaac Herzog Naftali Bennett Benjamin Netanyahu

Subtopics

Arab parties' historic gains in Israel's election1 Benjamin Netanyahu1 Elections1 Hamas1 Israel's post-election battle for control of the Knesset1 Israel's post-election coalition impasse1 Israeli domestic politics1 Israeli parliamentary election 20261 Results of Israel's parliamentary election1

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