# Gadi Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu’s ‘racist’ campaign against Israeli arabs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gadi-eisenkot-accuses-netanyahus-racist-campaign-against-israeli-arabs/
- Published: 2026-11-13T22:57:21+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T23:03:19+00:00
- Original publisher: Le Monde (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/13/gadi-eisenkot-accuses-netanyahu-s-racist-campaign-against-israeli-arabs_6780259_4.html
- Topics: Elections, Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Eisenkot says coalition talks are progressing.
- He accuses Netanyahu of targeting Arab citizens for political gain.
- Arab-led parties’ 19 seats could decide who forms a government.

## Summary

New developments in coalition talks have sharpened the dispute over Arab parties’ role in Israel’s next government: Gadi Eisenkot says negotiations are progressing and has renewed his accusation that Benjamin Netanyahu is fuelling a “racist and violent” campaign against Arab citizens for political gain. Eisenkot, who has been tasked with forming a government, says Arab citizens are an integral part of Israel’s story.

Netanyahu has sought to discredit Arab-led parties by linking their politicians to Hamas, claims they reject. The two Arab-led parties won 19 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, and their support could help Eisenkot secure a majority, though cooperation remains politically contentious. Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats and Eisenkot’s opposition bloc 48, leaving neither with a majority on its own.

## Coverage

- [Le Monde: Gadi Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu’s ‘racist’ campaign against Israeli arabs](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/11/13/gadi-eisenkot-accuses-netanyahu-s-racist-campaign-against-israeli-arabs_6780259_4.html)
- [The Guardian: Eisenkot accuses Netanyahu of ‘racist’ campaign against Israel’s Arab minority](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/eisenkot-accuses-netanyahu-of-racist-campaign-against-israels-arab-minority)

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