❗️'Netanyahu lost': Yair Golan calls for government with 'Arab' parties, rejects exclusion of Palestinian votes Israeli so-called "Democratic Party" leader Yair Golan called on the opposition, led by Gadi Eisenkot, to form a government in partnership with 'Arab' (Palestinian) parties following Israel's elections. In a post on X, Golan declared that Netanyahu had lost, arguing that the opposition commands a 65-seat majority against Netanyahu's 55. He condemned Netanyahu's distinction between Jewish and 'Arab' votes as racist, insisting that the vote of a Palestinian citizen in Tayibe carries exactly the same weight as that of a Jewish citizen in Givat Shmuel. Responding to Netanyahu's insistence on a "Zionist majority," Golan pointed to the 16 lawmakers from non-Zionist ultra-Orthodox parties within Netanyahu's bloc, criticizing their support for widespread military draft exemptions. He argued that the opposition holds both a Zionist majority of 49 seats against 39 and an overall parliamentary majority of 65 against 55 when Palestinian parties are included. Golan urged opposition leaders to abandon their reluctance to cooperate with Palestinian representatives and establish a government serving all citizens. "We have a majority. We have responsibility. And we have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens," he wrote. Meanwhile, with counting still underway, the latest reported results give Netanyahu's bloc 54 seats, Eisenkot's bloc 48, and Arab parties 18, leaving no bloc with a majority on its own.