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Realigning the Opposition

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  3. Haredi Sources Say Parties May Sit Out Coalition Until Draft Law Passes
  4. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
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  7. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
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  9. Liberman Says Next Coalition Must Rest on Jewish, Democratic Values and 'One Law' for All
  10. Eisenkot Says Ra'am Will Not Be Part of His Next Government
  11. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
  12. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate
  13. Ra'am No. 2 Segalovitz Says Eisenkot Won't Have a Government Without Ra'am
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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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Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman said opposition strategy must strengthen the entire bloc and accused Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot of focusing on his own party even when that weakens the wider camp. He said his concern was that Eisenkot’s good intentions could produce “Benny Gantz 2,” and criticized Eisenkot and Yoram Cohen for not categorically ruling out partnerships with Netanyahu, Smotrich and the Haredi parties. Liberman said he plans to meet Eisenkot on Tuesday and hopes to convene all opposition leaders next week. He also argued that an advance Bennett-Liberman commitment to support Eisenkot would cost the bloc three seats, according to internal models.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration derived from an archival public-domain U.S. State Department portrait of Avigdor Liberman; it provides identification context and does not depict the reported September 2026 remarks, Gadi Eisenkot or an opposition meeting.

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185 events
  1. Yair Golan’s Democrats Begin Drafting Coalition Demands
  2. Bennett and Liberman Meet to Coordinate Election Campaign
  3. Haredi Sources Say Parties May Sit Out Coalition Until Draft Law Passes
  4. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
  5. Gantz Says Netanyahu Bears October 7 Responsibility and He Will Stay in Race
  6. Ahmad Tibi Says Arab Parties Could Move to Replace Knesset Speaker After Election
  7. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
  8. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
  9. Liberman Says Next Coalition Must Rest on Jewish, Democratic Values and 'One Law' for All
  10. Eisenkot Says Ra'am Will Not Be Part of His Next Government
  11. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate (Updated)
  12. Change Bloc Leaders Sign Pact Not to Attack Each Other, Defer Choice of PM Candidate
  13. Ra'am No. 2 Segalovitz Says Eisenkot Won't Have a Government Without Ra'am

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