Eisenkot also met separately on Thursday with B’Yachad party leader Naftali Bennett, saying the two “discussed ways to establish a good government in Israel as quickly as possible.”<\/p>\n
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Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett meet to discuss the future of Israel’s government, October 29, 2026. (credit: VIA WALLA)<\/p>\n
Earlier, Golan had met with opposition leader Yair Lapid, who holds the second slot on the B\u2019Yachad party list, led by Naftali Bennett.<\/p>\n
Eisenkot and Golan discussed the election results and their \u201cshared commitment to implementing the voters\u2019 will as quickly as possible,\u201d Yashar stated.<\/p>\n
Golan determined to do ‘whatever is necessary’<\/p>\n
Golan stated after the meeting that he was determined to do “whatever is necessary, with courage and responsibility, to seize this historic opportunity for change and secure Israel\u2019s future as a Jewish and democratic state.\u201d<\/p>\n
All other opposition party leaders in the bloc seeking to replace Netanyahu – Eisenkot, Bennett, and Avigdor Liberman<\/a> (Yisrael Beytenu) – had drawn a red line to Arab parties being part of the government, arguing that they are not viable coalition partners after the October 7 Hamas<\/a> attacks in 2023.<\/p>\n The political deadlock could ultimately lead to another election, although the parties may still reach an agreement through coalition negotiations. Other possible outcomes include a unity government between Netanyahu and members of Eisenkot\u2019s bloc, or the formation of a minority government.<\/p>\n Golan also stated after the meeting with Eisenkot that the two had both “dedicated many years to Israel\u2019s security, and we both understand the immense responsibility that now rests on our shoulders. Israel\u2019s future is at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe share a common path and a commitment to ensuring a better future for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n The Democats leader added that he would \u201ccontinue to provide updates\u201d on the situation. He had previously said on Wednesday that he would be meeting with three members of the opposition bloc.<\/p>\n After Golan’s meeting with Lapid, the oppostion leader stated that the two met to \u201ccoordinate their next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n Notably, Bennett was not part of the meeting, according to the statement and picture that were published after the meeting.<\/p>\n The Democrats party leader said that he was \u00a0“determined to make every effort, turn over every stone, and act with all our partners to save Israel.”<\/p>\n “We will continue to work in coordination. We will not give up on the opportunity for change,\u201d Golan added.<\/p>\n Liberman restates will not join with coalition with Arab parties<\/p>\n Following reports that Liberman was ignoring the phone calls of his fellow opposition members, the Yisarel Beytenu leader reiterated on Thursday that he would not sit with the Arab parties or Netanyahu.<\/p>\n “The only coalition we would consider is one made up exclusively of Zionist parties, including Likud without Bibi [Netanyahu],” \u00a0Liberman stated.<\/p>\n The near-final vote count from Tuesday’s election showed that Netanyahu’s bloc maintained its lead, securing 53 seats in the next Knesset, while the opposition bloc seeking to replace the premier won 48, according to official Central Elections Committee (CEC) figures released on Thursday.<\/p>\n Netanyahu’s Likud is projected to enter with 27 seats, making it once again the largest party in the Knesset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Democrats party leader Yair Golan met with members of the opposition bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[955,42,14406,43,25192,40,38,41,39,22171,19344,268648],"class_list":["post-660905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-gadi-eisenkot","tag-headlines","tag-knesset","tag-news","tag-opposition","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-yair-golan","tag-yair-lapid","tag-yashar-party"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}