Ohana Schedules Nov. 17 Vote to Replace Knesset Speaker After 67 Lawmakers' Motion
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Updated · Haaretz · Nov 10
Ohana Schedules Nov. 17 Vote to Replace Knesset Speaker After 67 Lawmakers' Motion
3 articles · Updated · Haaretz · Nov 10
Summary
Amir Ohana set a Nov. 17, 4 p.m. Knesset vote on a new speaker after receiving a motion signed by 67 of the chamber's 120 lawmakers before Tuesday's swearing-in.
Yashar, led by coalition-designate Gadi Eisenkot, is backing MK Matan Kahana to replace Ohana, giving the emerging anti-Netanyahu bloc an early test of its parliamentary majority.
Tuesday's swearing-in was overshadowed by Benjamin Netanyahu's speech accusing Arab lawmakers of seeking the Jewish state's destruction, prompting Eisenkot to call him unfit for office and cancel a planned Likud meeting.
Coalition talks are still fluid: United Torah Judaism is separately engaging Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu and Eisenkot's Yashar, while demanding a draft-exemption law for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students before joining any government.
Can Eisenkot forge a ruling coalition after Netanyahu’s fiery rhetoric alienated key lawmakers and sparked unprecedented parliamentary walkouts?
Will the explosive debate over ultra-Orthodox military exemptions shatter Israel's fragile coalition hopes before a new government can even form?
How will the opposition's aggressive push to investigate October 7 failures and reverse judicial overhauls reshape Israel's fractured political landscape?