# How Israel’s new parliament can make Netanyahu’s life difficult

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-israels-new-parliament-can-make-netanyahus-life-difficult/
- Published: 2026-11-10T04:59:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T05:25:11+00:00
- Original publisher: CNA (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-new-parliament-benjamin-netanyahu-6538316
- Topics: Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Netanyahu remains caretaker prime minister.
- His bloc has fallen to 53 seats.
- Parliament could reverse several of his government’s policies.

## Summary

Benjamin Netanyahu remains caretaker prime minister as Israel’s new parliament begins work, but his weakened political position gives lawmakers more scope to challenge his government’s policies. Gadi Eisenkot has been asked to form a government, though neither he nor Netanyahu has a majority, leaving the 120-member Knesset with significant power in the meantime.

Netanyahu’s bloc fell from 68 seats to 53, while Eisenkot’s core opposition has 48 and Arab-majority parties hold a record 19 seats. Lawmakers could begin examining the failures surrounding Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack, reverse parts of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul, change military-service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews, and elect a new speaker before a government is formed. Repealing existing laws could be swift, while passing new ones may take weeks.

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