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Leaders of Israel’s opposition parties announced on Saturday that they have established a joint forum aimed at strengthening political coordination against the ruling coalition and outlining the framework for a future government, Anadolu reports. The announcement followed a meeting between opposition leader Yair Lapid, Yisrael Beiteinu party chief Avigdor Lieberman, and fellow opposition figures Gadi Eisenkot and Yair Golan. In a joint statement after the talks, the leaders said they agreed to make the new Party Leaders Forum a permanent body and to hold its next session immediately after Yom Kippur—the Jewish Day of Atonement, which begins on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 1 and ends on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 2. According to the statement, the forum will create […]
