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  • September 26, 2026: Opposition leader Yair Lapid, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Lieberman and Yair Golan signed a joint principles document at Lapid's Tel Aviv home on Saturday night. They pledged that until a government is formed, none of them or anyone on their behalf will attack a partner party or its leader, and to act together after the election to form a government. Within 48 hours they will set up three joint working groups on voter turnout, guidelines for the next government and messaging. The document names no candidate for prime minister; the leaders agreed to settle that after the election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that Eisenkot would form a left-wing government with them and the Arab parties, and that only a big Likud will stop them.

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Former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot told Kan Reshet Bet that he opposes a rotation agreement or alternate-prime-minister framework for the opposition bloc, saying a prime minister should receive a four-year term. He said Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman were wrong not to establish rules for selecting the bloc’s candidate and were damaging its election chances. Eisenkot also rejected post-election “tricks” to choose the prime minister. Yisrael Beytenu responded that Liberman brings experience rather than ego and challenged Eisenkot to say which parties he would include in a coalition.

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