Tibi urges Eisenkot to form a minority government and end Netanyahu's rule after Israeli election

Summary

Palestinian lawmaker Ahmad Tibi, leader of the Ta'al party, urged Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to show political courage and form a minority government to end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule. In an episode of the David Hearst Podcast, Tibi said there was no democratic justification for ruling out cooperation with Palestinian representatives in the Knesset. Tibi's Joint List, which includes Hadash and Balad, won 11 seats, and Ra'am won eight, giving Palestinian parties a record 19 seats combined. Neither a Netanyahu-led nor an Eisenkot-led bloc can reach the 61-seat majority without them.

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1. Middle East Eye

   3 Nov 2026, 00:43 UTCSource ↗

   Middle East Eye reports that Ahmad Tibi urged Gadi Eisenkot to show courage and form a minority government with Arab parties to end Netanyahu's government, and that the Joint List and Ra'am won a record 19 seats, leaving neither bloc with a majority without them.