After the first plenary of Israel’s 26th Knesset on the 10th, caretaker Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Arab parties of trying to 'destroy the
Jewish state' and of 'supporting terrorism', and criticized the party led by
Eisenkot for potentially forming a coalition with Arab parties. Citing
Netanyahu’s ‘divisive’ remarks, Eisenkot instructed his party to cancel the
coalition negotiations with Likud representatives that had been scheduled for
the 11th.
