Mansour Abbas

Rule Changes

Ra'am recommended Eisenkot and, according to a Haaretz report, would vote for an Eisenkot-led government even without a coalition agreement.

Gadi Eisenkot and Avigdor Liberman met on November 9 and agreed to open talks with the ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism, with a softer military draft law on offer. They also agreed that a Yashar lawmaker, Matan Kahana, would be the bloc's candidate for Knesset speaker.

Updated Yesterday

Rule Changes

Said on Nov. 10 that Ra'am seeks to join the coalition and government, and that Netanyahu's bloc would become the opposition within hours.

President Isaac Herzog gave Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form a government on Nov. 8, after 67 lawmakers recommended him and 46 backed Benjamin Netanyahu. The 26th Knesset was sworn in on Nov. 10. Eisenkot has 28 days to assemble a majority, with a possible 14-day extension.

Updated Yesterday

Rule Changes

Ra'am won eight seats in the final results, making it a potential kingmaker in coalition talks.

Final results published October 30 put Netanyahu's right-wing bloc at 53 seats, eight short of the 61 needed to govern. Arab-led parties won 19 seats: the Joint List took 11 and Ra'am eight, after the Supreme Court restored both lists to the ballot.

Updated 2 days ago

Force in Play

Asked the attorney general in October to freeze demolition orders until after the Oct. 27 election; no response reported

Israeli authorities demolished about 80 structures, including a mosque, in Al-Dahiya north of Rahat on Oct. 12, displacing roughly 400 members of the Abu Wadi family, according to Anadolu Agency and Al Jazeera. A joint statement from Adalah and other civil society groups on Oct. 18 said the orders covered 50 residential buildings and a mosque in a community of about 250 people, and that residents report around 80 families affected.

Updated Oct 31