Daily Briefing November 1: Why the first Jewish-Arab coalition failed
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel on possible paths to forming a government, the arrows in Eisenkot's quiver he could use to push forward legislation, and a look back at June 2022
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Political correspondent Ariela Karmel joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.
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Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot vowed Saturday to swiftly utilize the new Knesset’s parliamentary majority, declaring that Israelis had voted decisively against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in last week’s election.
Anti-Netanyahu parties won 67 of the 120 Knesset seats, but of those, Zionist anti-Netanyahu parties won only 48, with the other 19 going to two Arab parties. Karmel explains how Eisenkot will likely get the first shot at forming a government and how, from the Knesset’s swearing-in on November 11, he vows to push forward his legislative aims — regardless of the governing coalition.
Around 2,000 people demonstrated on Saturday evening in support of a Jewish-Arab government in Tel Aviv. Borschel-Dan and Karmel discuss the obstacles to a possible coexistence coalition, which would be Israel’s second. Borschel-Dan points to the June 2022 legal gridlock over the continuation of the West Bank emergency regulations that led Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to dissolve that short-lived government.
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For further reading:
Eisenkot vows to swiftly utilize Knesset majority ‘against Oct. 7 government’
Senior Arab MK says Joint List ready to back anti-Netanyahu government from outside
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