https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/arab-parties-extend-a-hand-to-try-to-topple-netanyahu-but-challenges-remainContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/arab-parties-extend-a-hand-to-try-to-topple-netanyahu-but-challenges-remainhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/arab-parties-extend-a-hand-to-try-to-topple-netanyahu-but-challenges-remain#u192525Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:26:48 +0000Israeli Arab parties in the Joint List have agreed to recommend former military chief Gadi Eisenkot as prime minister during presidential consultations, a historic shift from their long-standing refusal to endorse any Zionist candidate. The move gives Eisenkot a narrow majority of Knesset recommendations, though he still lacks a clear path to a 61-seat coalition. President Isaac Herzog is wrapping up talks with party leaders and must decide whom to tap first for government formation.Why it mattersAfter Israel's fifth election in under four years produced no outright winner, the balance of