Israel Election Results 2026 LIVE Updates: Israel’s opposition leaders back Eisenkot to oust Netanyahu

Israel Election Results 2026 LIVE: Opposition promises to form a government quickly but remains split over whether to ally with Arab-led parties.

Israel Election Results 2026 LIVE: Israel’s main opposition leaders have agreed to back former military chief Gadi Eisenkot as prime minister and to replace Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as fast as they can, AFP said. They met in Herzliya on November 3, their first joint meeting since the October 27 election, which left neither bloc with a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. The bloc is still split on whether to work with Arab-led parties, whose votes could decide the outcome.

Opposition leaders agree on Eisenkot: All parties in the alliance will recommend Eisenkot, who heads the Yashar party, to President Isaac Herzog. They say they want “a national emergency government”. Herzog holds talks with the parties on November 4 and 5.

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Arab-led parties hold the balance: Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, the opposition 48 and Arab-led parties 19. A majority needs 61. Yair Golan backs an alliance with Arab-led parties, but Avigdor Liberman firmly opposes it.

Netanyahu seeks a “broad national government”:  Netanyahu says Likud, with 27 seats, is still the largest party. No opposition leader has said they will join him, and he has ruled out a coalition with Arab-majority lists.

Row over trust in the election result: Eisenkot accused Netanyahu and Likud of trying to weaken trust in the result and “drag us all into a dangerous constitutional crisis”, the Jerusalem Post said. The attorney-general also refused to let Shin Bet question Arab-party lawmakers without evidence.

Key updates:

• Neither bloc won a majority in the October 27 election. A majority needs 61 of 120 seats.
• Netanyahu’s bloc has 53 seats, the opposition has 48 and Arab-led parties have 19.
• Eisenkot’s four principles could rule out some Arab-led parties.
• Golan backs an alliance with Arab-led parties, while Liberman opposes it.
• Eisenkot says the opposition will form a “national emergency government”.

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During a 70-minute meeting in Israel’s Herzliya, the first since the election last month, the five party heads, Yashar’s Eisenkot, Beyachad’s Naftali Bennett, Atid’s Yair Lapid, Democrats’ Yair Golan and Beytenu’s Avigdor Liberman agreed to immediately coordinate efforts to replace the Netanyahu-led government with a national emergency government, Al Jazeera reported. The Israeli election results left neither bloc with a majority in the 120-member Knesset. Eisenkot-led bloc won 48 seats in the election. Read more

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