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Can Israel form a government when no bloc has a majority?
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Israel's October vote left no bloc with a majority. The Knesset has 120 seats: Netanyahu's bloc took 53, Eisenkot's 48, Arab-led parties a record 19. Neither reaches the majority of 61.
120
= 1 seat
- Netanyahu bloc53
- Eisenkot bloc48
- Arab parties19
Majority: 61
Eisenkot was tasked with forming a government, and 67 lawmakers, including the Arab-led parties, back him; 46 backed Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu, citing Iran, asked Eisenkot to talk without preconditions, leaving out the Arab parties. Eisenkot's reply was short: Good try, but these tricks don't work with me.
“Good try, but these tricks don't work with me.”
Eisenkot has 28 days to form a government, extendable by 14. The Likud and Yashar teams are due to meet on Sunday. A rotating premiership, used before in Israel, could be one option.
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Netanyahu pushes Israeli unity government; Eisenkot dismisses offer as a trickRead the article
Based on reports by
- Notícias ao MinutoNetanyahu defends national unity government for 'Israel's security'
- RTVE.esNetanyahu asks Eisenkot to negotiate “without conditions” a unity government in Israel without Arabs against Iran
- Le Monde.frIn Israel, Gadi Eisenkot denounces the tricks of Benjamin Netanyahu, who pleads for the formation of a unity government
- Le Soir'Good try, but these tricks don't work with me': Eisenkot denounces Netanyahu's behavior
- ANSA.itEisenkot, Netanyahu's unity proposal “umpteenth trick, talks already scheduled”
- ANSA.itNetanyahu insists, “national unity government to settle scores with Iran”