Thousands Rally for 67-Seat Jewish-Arab Coalition to Oust Netanyahu After Election Deadlock
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Nov 1
Thousands Rally for 67-Seat Jewish-Arab Coalition to Oust Netanyahu After Election Deadlock
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Nov 1
Summary
Thousands rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, pressing opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to join Arab parties and use what protesters called a last chance to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu.
Tuesday’s election left Netanyahu’s bloc with 53 seats and Eisenkot’s with 48 in the 120-seat parliament, while three Arab-led parties won 19 seats—enough to give Eisenkot a 67-seat majority.
That path remains politically fraught because Eisenkot has previously ruled out such a coalition, and counter-protesters at the rally denounced any government backed by Arab parties.
Nearly 840,000 voters backed Ra’am and the Joint List, a 64% jump from 2022, elevating Palestinian-Israeli parties into kingmaker roles and intensifying attacks from Netanyahu’s camp.