❗️️️️️️️Cracks deepen in Israeli opposition as Eisenkot's coalition bid sparks bitter infighting Deep divisions are emerging within Israel's anti-Netanyahu opposition bloc less than two days after President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government. According to Ynet on 9 November, disputes over coalition arrangements have escalated into public confrontations between Eisenkot, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman, and Democrats chairman Yair Golan, while former prime minister Naftali Bennett has remained largely silent. The central dispute concerns Eisenkot's proposal to establish a minority government with outside support from the Palestinian Ra'am party. Lieberman opposes the arrangement, instead advocating a coalition including ultra-Orthodox parties. He warned that pursuing a minority government would effectively hand Netanyahu another four years in power within six months, calling it a “gift” to the prime minister. Eisenkot responded by warning that anyone obstructing the formation of a government for personal reasons would be “remembered by history” for failing to save Israel during a national emergency. He previously declared that those attempting to sabotage coalition negotiations for personal interests “will not be forgiven.” Tensions intensified when Golan accused Lieberman of compromising on military conscription for ultra-Orthodox men and reversing Israel's judicial overhaul, suggesting he should instead form a government with Netanyahu. Lieberman dismissed the criticism as “a pile-on of stupidity and malice,” insisting that replacing the Knesset speaker, appointing a new state comptroller, limiting prime ministers to two terms, and repealing judicial overhaul legislation should take priority. He called anyone proposing a different order “simply an idiot.”