# Eisenkot pushes October 7 inquiry as Netanyahu targets Arab parties in tense new parliament

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eisenkot-pushes-october-7-inquiry-as-netanyahu-targets-arab-parties-in-tense-new-parliament/
- Published: 2026-11-11T04:14:20+00:00
- Original publisher: France 24 (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261110-eisenkot-pushes-october-7-inquiry-as-netanyahu-targets-arab-parties-in-tense-new-parliament
- Topics: Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Eisenkot’s bloc is pushing for an inquiry into the October 7 failures.
- It also wants to repeal Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul.
- Arab lawmakers’ support is deepening divisions within the bloc.

## Summary

At the new Knesset’s opening session, Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc advanced plans for an independent inquiry into the failures behind the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack and to repeal Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul. Its cooperation with Arab-Israeli lawmakers has sharpened tensions, including within Eisenkot’s own broad bloc, as political leaders seek to form a government.

Eisenkot’s Yashar party says its bloc has enough support in the 120-seat parliament to elect Matan Kahana as speaker, with a vote scheduled for next Tuesday after 67 lawmakers requested one. Neither Eisenkot nor Netanyahu has the 61 votes needed to govern; President Isaac Herzog has tasked Eisenkot with forming a government and urged compromise. Netanyahu has called for national unity, citing Iran, while right-wing bloc member Avigdor Liberman opposes a government reliant on Arab-majority parties.

## Coverage

- [France 24: Eisenkot pushes October 7 inquiry as Netanyahu targets Arab parties in tense new parliament](https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261110-eisenkot-pushes-october-7-inquiry-as-netanyahu-targets-arab-parties-in-tense-new-parliament)
- [DW: Israel: Eisenkot proposes October 7 probe as new Knesset sworn in](https://www.dw.com/en/israel-eisenkot-proposes-october-7-probe-as-new-knesset-sworn-in/a-79913636?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf)

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