Netanyahu reacts to the opposition leaders' decision to act jointly

Netanyahu made a statement on the social media platform account of the US-based X company regarding the decision of 5 party leaders, including Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot and opposition leader Yair Lapid, to act jointly in the elections.

Netanyahu, who made a statement for the first time against the unity of the opposition, claimed that the opposition leaders would form a government with the support of Arab parties.

Claiming that Eisenkot would form a "leftist government" with Avigdor Liberman, Yair Golan, Naftali Bennett and Arab parties after the elections, Netanyahu argued that his own party, Likud, could stop the opposition.

Netanyahu also shared an artificial intelligence-edited version of the group photo taken by opposition leaders at the meeting.

Adding United Arab List President Mansur Abbas and Arab Change Front Alliance President Ahmed al-Tibi to the photo, Netanyahu pointed out the opposition parties' claim that they will need Arab parties to form a government.

Before the October 27 elections in Israel, the leaders of the opposition parties came together and decided to act jointly against the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.

Yair Lapid, Chairman of the There is a Future Party, who decided to enter the elections with the "Together" list with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, announced in his post on the social media platform of the US-based company X that opposition leaders gathered at his home.

Lapid shared a photo from his meetings with Yashar Party Chairman Eisenkot, Bennett from the "Together" list, Our Home Israel Party leader Avigdor Liberman and Democrats Party Chairman Yair Golan.

In his post, Lapid included the visual of the document signed by the party leaders to act jointly for the change of government and said, "Even if there are ideological disagreements between us, we accept that the change of government is our common goal and we have the duty to act together to achieve it."

Thus, before the elections in Israel, opposition parties, which were seen as a bloc, came together officially.

The latest opinion polls regarding the elections in Israel indicate that the opposition wing may reach 54-56 deputies, and the ruling wing led by Netanyahu may reach 50-52 deputies.

According to the Israeli election system, the support of 61 deputies in the 120-seat parliament is required to form a government in the country, and opinion polls show that neither bloc has reached the quorum to form a coalition government.

It is estimated that the parties representing the Palestinians, for whom the Central Election Committee of the Israeli Parliament decided to prevent them from entering the elections in the previous days and the final decision about them will be made by the Israeli Supreme Court, can reach 12-14 MPs.