Lapid, Eisenkot, Liberman, Golan officially form political bloc to defeat Netanyahu - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

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.

 

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) and former MK Gadi Eisenkot.

(photo credit: OFFICE OF YAIR LAPID )

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.

Blue and White party head Benny Gantz, Yisrael Beytenu party chair Avigdor Liberman. (credit: Getty Images/John Theodor, Flash90/Tal Gal, Yonatan Sindel)

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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