Eisenkot cancels unity coalition talks with Likud after Netanyahu’s ‘divisive speech,’ Yashar says

MK Gadi Eisnkot's Yashar party announced Tuesday that it had scheduled a preliminary meeting with Likud to discuss coalition negotiations.However, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "divisive" speech at the Knesset, the meetings were canceled.ישבתי והקשבתי לנאום ההזוי, המפלג, מלא השנאה והמביש של ראש הממשלה היוצא, שניצל לרעה אירוע ממלכתי בהשבעת הכנסת ה-26. השתכנעתי עוד יותר שהוא אינו כשיר להמשיך ולו דקה נוספת בתפקיד. עלינו לפעול בדחיפות להקמת ממשלת חירום לאומית. המשך שלטונו מפלג את ישראל ומסכן את בטחונה. @yairlapid @YairGolan1 @AvigdorLiberman @naftalibennett - זה עלינו.— Gadi Eisenkot - גדי איזנקוט (@gadi_eisenkot) November 10, 2026"Following Yashar's appeal to all Knesset factions to conduct sincere and genuine negotiations based on the four principles set out by Yashar for forming a government, a negotiation meeting was scheduled for tomorrow between the Eisenkot team and Likud," the party's statement read."Against the backdrop of the outgoing prime minister's divisive speech and his disgraceful conduct at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony, which dishonored what remains of statesmanship under Netanyahu's rule, Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot has now instructed that the negotiation meeting planned for tomorrow with Likud representatives be canceled."Netanyahu continues to push for unity government The revelation of unity talks and their subsequent collapse came after Netanyahu's call on Monday for opposition leaders to join him in a single unified government in "the need of the hour."Tuesday's…