Likud's Yoav Kisch warns Herzog against a government dependent on Arab parties
Yoav KischIsrael's education minister, speaking for the Likud delegation at the President's consultations
Speaking for the Likud delegation at President Herzog's consultations, Kisch warns against a government whose existence depends on what he calls supporters of terrorism and says Likud is the largest party in Israel.
“We know who cannot do it. A government whose very existence depends on supporters of terrorism who reject the existence of a Jewish state as we know it”
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Herzog tasks Gadi Eisenkot, not Netanyahu, with forming Israel's next government; Netanyahu had called for a national unity government
On November 7, 2026, Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced that he would task Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government. Factions totaling 67 members of the incoming 120-seat Knesset, including the two Arab-led lists, had recommended Eisenkot, and factions totaling 46 had recommended Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hours before the announcement, Netanyahu called in a recorded video for a national unity government that would include his bloc and warned against swearing in a government with what he called supporters of terrorism. Eisenkot said it was time to form a national emergency government.
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Ynet News report on the end of Herzog's consultations with the Knesset factions on November 5, listing which parties recommended Eisenkot and which recommended Netanyahu, Herzog's statement that he would decide on Sunday, and remarks by the Yashar and Likud delegations, translated into English.
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Likud, Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, Shas and Zehut recommended Netanyahu at the consultations, while Yashar, Together, the Democrats, Yisrael Beytenu, Ra'am and the Joint List recommended Eisenkot, giving him 67 recommendations to Netanyahu's 46.
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Kisch added that Likud is the largest party in Israel and that Israel must keep working against the threats posed by Iran's nuclear program and the establishment of a Palestinian state. After the consultations, Herzog said he would announce on Sunday whom he would task with forming the government.
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The reference point is President Herzog's decision to task Gadi Eisenkot, rather than Benjamin Netanyahu, with forming Israel's next government. At the consultations that preceded the decision, Kisch argues against a government that depends on parties he calls supporters of terrorism, which ynet describes as a warning against a government dependent on Arab parties, and says Likud is the largest party. That rejects giving Eisenkot the task.
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