# Opposition seeks new Knesset speaker to challenge Netanyahu’s hold on power

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/new-knesset-speaker-could-be-key-to-ousting-netanyahu-as-israels-pm/
- Published: 2026-11-10T06:00:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T06:17:54+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/10/new-knesset-speaker-ousting-netanyahu-israel-pm
- Topics: Government, Middle East, Politics, World

## Key points

- Opposition parties aim to replace Netanyahu ally Amir Ohana as Knesset speaker.
- The bloc has 67 of 120 seats but is divided over coalition partners.
- Former security officials warn of possible disruption at parliament’s swearing-in.

## Summary

Israel’s new parliament will be sworn in with opposition parties seeking to replace Knesset speaker Amir Ohana, a close ally of Benjamin Netanyahu. The speaker controls the legislature’s agenda, so changing the role could give opponents a route to challenge the prime minister even as they struggle to form a government.

The opposition bloc holds 67 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, enough to choose a speaker, and former military chief Gadi Eisenkot may take the role or nominate someone from his Yashar party. But coalition talks are complicated by Jewish-Israeli parties’ refusal to govern with Palestinian-led parties, which hold 19 seats and whose support the bloc needs to outnumber Netanyahu’s coalition. More than 160 former security officials have warned of possible disruption at the swearing-in, while Eisenkot has said parties will need to compromise.

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