Daily Briefing November 1: Why the first Jewish-Arab coalition failed

In the Daily Briefing podcast, political correspondent Ariela Karmel explains why the first Jewish-Arab coalition failed. Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot vowed Saturday to use the new Knesset's majority after anti-Netanyahu parties won 67 seats, with 48 from Zionist parties and 19 from two Arab parties. Around 2,000 rallied in Tel Aviv for a Jewish-Arab government.

In this episode of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, political correspondent Ariela Karmel explains why the first Jewish-Arab coalition failed. Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot vowed Saturday to swiftly utilize the new Knesset's parliamentary majority, declaring that Israelis voted decisively against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in last week's election. Anti-Netanyahu parties won 67 of the 120 Knesset seats, but only 48 came from Zionist anti-Netanyahu parties, with the other 19 going to two Arab parties. Karmel discusses how Eisenkot will likely get the first shot at forming a government and how, from the Knesset's swearing-in on November 11, he vows to push forward his legislative aims regardless of the governing coalition. Around 2,000 people demonstrated on Saturday evening in support of a Jewish-Arab government in Tel Aviv. The hosts discuss obstacles to a possible coexistence coalition, pointing to the June 2022 legal gridlock over West Bank emergency regulations that led Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to dissolve that short-lived government.