Israeli opposition forms 3 working teams to unseat Netanyahu, form ‘Zionist government’

The Israeli opposition announced Tuesday the formation of three joint working teams aimed at coordinating efforts to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and form what it called a “Zionist government” after the Oct. 27 election, Anadolu reports. The five-party opposition alliance notably excluded Arab parties from the joint initiative ahead of next month’s general election, seen as crucial for both Netanyahu’s government and the opposition. On Saturday, opposition leaders Yair Lapid, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman, and Yair Golan agreed to form a “change bloc” to coordinate their election efforts. Opinion polls indicate that neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition bloc would secure the 61 seats needed to form a government in the 120-member Knesset. The opposition could […]