How Netanyahu normalized extreme ideas and fundamentally changed Israel
Israel's prime minister has spent his career undermining the country's democratic institutions. Political scientists tell Haaretz how his tactics fit a familiar pattern of 'democratic backsliding' among populist leaders
Israeli ex-military leader Gadi Eisenkot's centrist Yashar Party, along with allied parties, announced plans for an official government inquiry into the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel, which resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages taken to Gaza. The attacks occurred during the tenure of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The opposition seeking term limits for the prime minister's office and an end to recent judicial reforms by the Netanyahu government is also part of the opposition to Eisenkot. The new Knesset, sworn in following the October 27 parliamentary election, resulted in no single bloc securing a majority, with Eisenkot's bloc holding 48 seats and Netanyahu's bloc holding 53 seats.
Despite multiple attempts, Eisenkot has yet to successfully form a government, with President Isaac Herzog giving him a mandate to do so within six weeks.
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