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Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield@mastodon.social

Rivals to Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition of extremists have reached an agreement to form a coalition of 67 votes, past the 61-vote majority threshold.

The two largest Arab parties signed on with banning Netanyahu their top condition.

The agreement must be certified by Israeli president Isaac Herzog, which seems almost certain. Once that's done, the parties will need to adopt official positions for the government.

Netanyahu for prison is going to happen:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/joint-list-says-it-will-back-eisenkot-to-form-israels-next-government

Joint List says it will back Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in Israel's 120-seat parliament in last week's general election. www.aljazeera.com
Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield@mastodon.social

When/if the new government moves toward inevitability, it is almost certain that the gangster war criminal Netanyahu will try to copy fellow outlaw Flavio Bolsonaro and seek escape in the United States via Donald Trump.

Israeli officials must act now to prohibit Netanyahu and all of his top co-conspirators from fleeing.