by Jerusalem Post Staff
The group agreed to establish a professional body to work on guidelines for the next government, a constitution, universal national service, and safeguarding Israel’s identity.
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Opposition Leader and Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid, Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman, Yashar! with Gadi Eisenkot chairman, and Democrats chairman Yair Golan announced Saturday that they will turn their joint meetings into a permanent forum, called the "change bloc" to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the next elections.
The next meeting will be held immediately after Yom Kippur, with the leaders saying they expect Naftali Bennett and Benny Gantz to join future discussions.
The group agreed to establish a professional body to work on guidelines for the next government, a constitution, universal national service, and safeguarding Israel’s identity as a Jewish, democratic, and Zionist state.
Eisenkot announced the formation of his new party on Tuesday. A week before he announced the party, he and Lapid met and agreed to convene a meeting with the leaders of what has been termed the “change bloc," including the aforementioned politicians.
Before resigning from the Knesset in June, Eisenkot was an MK and the second-in-command in MK Benny Gantz’s party, Blue and White.
Elections to be held in October 2026
Alongside Eisenkot, the party comprises 120 founding members from Israel’s high-tech, economic, and security sectors.The next elections are currently scheduled for October 2026.
Keshet Neev contributed to this report.
Jerusalem Post Staff
Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-868173
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