Jerusalem - Israeli ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and his allies launched a legislative onslaught against caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legacy on Tuesday, as a new parliament convened in a heated first session.Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Eisenkot’s broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the Knesset’s agenda with a green light from Arab-Israeli lawmakers, whose role has stirred up heated opposition from Netanyahu’s base and even right-leaning supporters of Eisenkot.Eisenkot’s Yashar party said it submitted a slew of proposals before the new parliament, including establishing an independent commission to investigate security failures that allowed the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 — which Netanyahu has long opposed.
Eisenkot quickly targets Netanyahu’s legacy in new Israeli parliament
Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Gadi Eisenkot's broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the agenda.
In brief
Jerusalem - Israeli ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and his allies launched a legislative onslaught against caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legacy on Tuesday, as a new parliament convened in a heated first session.Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Eisenkot’s broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the Knesset’s agenda with a green light from Arab-Israeli lawmakers, whose role has stirred up heated opposition from Netanyahu’s base and even right-leaning supporters of Eisenkot.Eisenkot’s Yashar party said it submitted a slew of proposals before the new parliament, including establishing an independent commission to investigate security failur…
This is the opening of the story, shared with credit to The Japan Times. The rest of the report — with every detail — continues on the publisher’s website.
Continue reading at The Japan Times ↗
