Eisenkot-led bloc proposes incoming MK Matan Kahana as next Knesset speaker, Liberman as FADC chair
Kahana is fifth on Yashar's electoral list, and will re-enter the Knesset after leaving his seat in July 2025.
Opposition parties in Israel have reached an agreement to nominate Matan Kahana as the candidate for Knesset speaker in the upcoming 26th Knesset. This proposal was made by Gadi Eisenkot of Yashar, Naftali Bennett of B Yachad, Avigdor Liberman of Yisrael Beytenu, and Yair Golan of the Democrats. The decision comes after a disagreement among the party leaders regarding who should lead the opposition bloc and gain control over the Knesset's legislative agenda before a new government is formed.
In addition to Kahana, the bloc has also chosen Liberman as the chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Roy Folkman from Yashar as the chair of the Knesset's Arrangements Committee, and Liran Avisar Ben-Horin from B Yachad as the chair of the Finance Committee. Kahana has previously served as Religious Services minister from 2021 to 2022 before resigning his seat in July 2025.
He is an IDF Colonel (res.) who had served in the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Matkal) and later became an F-16 pilot in the Israel Air Force, including during the Second Lebanon War.
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