Eisenkot quickly targets Netanyahu’s legacy in new Israeli parliament
Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Gadi Eisenkot's broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the agenda.
On Tuesday, Israeli ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and his allies initiated a legislative push to challenge caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legacy as a new parliament convened in a tense first session. Despite uncertainties surrounding who can form a government, Eisenkot’s diverse coalition wasted no time shaping the Knesset’s agenda, receiving approval from Arab-Israeli lawmakers, a move that has ignited opposition from Netanyahu’s supporters and even some of Eisenkot’s right-wing allies.
Eisenkot’s Yashar party announced a list of proposals before the new parliament’s formation, one of which is the establishment of an independent commission to probe security shortcomings that enabled the Hamas assault on October 7, 2023. Netanyahu has consistently opposed this investigation.
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