Liberman rules out participation in minority government floated by Eisenkot
Avigdor Liberman, chair of the hawkish Yisrael Beytenu opposition party, on Monday ruled out joining a minority governing coalition, after the prospect was floated by frontrunner Gadi Eisenkot, whose Yashar party is neck-and-neck with, or slightly ahead of, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud in opinion polls.Eisenkot said last week that if the bloc of Jewish-majority parties opposed to Netanyahu were to receive 52 to 58 seats in the Knesset at the upcoming October 27 national election, they could form a coalition that “will decide to deal only with issues that have very broad national consensus.”Polls have consistently shown that neither the pro- nor anti-Netanyahu bloc is slated to win a 61-seat majority in the Knesset, raising the possibility of a minority government running the country.Such a government would potentially be approved in the Knesset via the support or abstention of majority-Arab parties.But Liberman ruled out the possibility in a statement…
Avigdor Liberman, leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party, has rejected the idea of joining a minority government, a possibility floated by Gadi Eisenkot of the Yashar party. Eisenkot suggested that if the anti-Netanyahu bloc secured 52-58 Knesset seats in the upcoming October 27 election, they could form a government focused on nationally consensual issues, potentially with support from Arab-majority parties. Liberman, whose party is projected to win around 10 seats, stated, "Yisrael Beytenu will not be a partner in any constellation of minority government, period." He also outlined his party's platform, which includes a commission of inquiry into the October 7 attack, a universal conscription law, prime ministerial term limits, a core curriculum for all funded schools, and a committee to draft a constitution.
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