Israeli opposition speeds up talks to form government and oust Netanyahu
Eisenkot-led bloc has 48 seats against the ruling coalition's 53 and depends on the votes of Arab parties, DW reports.
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Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot announced on Tuesday (3) that the bloc seeking to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speed up negotiations to form a national emergency government, according to DW.
In a statement, he said there are two goals: to put together that government and to advance measures in the Knesset, the Parliament, such as electing a new president, passing important laws and repealing rules that, in his words, threaten democracy.
The bloc brings together the parties of Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Lieberman and Yair Golan and totals 48 seats, against 53 for Netanyahu's coalition.
The two Arab lists have another 19 deputies, whose support could be decisive in reaching the absolute majority of 61 seats needed to form a government.
Eisenkot said the bloc's parties are coordinated and that their negotiating teams "will begin working as soon as possible."
In practice, the math depends on tight numbers: without the 19 votes of the Arab lists, the opposition is far from the required 61 deputies, and Netanyahu's coalition holds 53 seats. DW did not say, in the text, whether those parties have already agreed to join the arrangement.