From 'fascists' to 'lily-livered leftists': President Herzog calls for Israelis to "know not only how to fight together, not just to die together, but how to live together, to build together."
Netanyahu reiterates commitment to defeat Hamas amid ceasefire talks • Yair Lapid to Knesset: What is there to celebrate?
This vote symbolically marked the moment when politics fully reemerged in the Knesset amid the ongoing fighting.
If elections were held today, the Likud Party would win only 16 seats, losing ground to Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party with 37 seats, a new Channel 13 poll showed yesterday.
Lapid's comments highlighted the differences of opinion among Israel's opposition parties about holding an election during wartime.
"This shows how much pressure Netanyahu is under...we will not be the ones to save him," Lapid's faction wrote in reaction.
According to the official Knesset website, a national unity government is one based on a broad coalition, the members of which also include representatives of rival parliamentary groups.
Within days of losing the November 2022 election, he declared that it was “undemocratic.” Not because of irregularities in the voting system – all votes were collected and counted correctly.
The opposition leader also addressed the recent High Court decision restoring the 'reasonableness standard,' saying that the assertion of judicial independence protected Israel on the global stage.
In spite of his plummeted popularity, Netanyahu is dedicated to remaining in office and remains steadfast in his commitment to the nation's security.
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