Gadi Eisenkot announces Matan Kahana as next Knesset Speaker

Gadi Eisenkot informed the Change Bloc that Matan Kahana of his Yashar party will be the next Knesset Speaker, as coalition negotiations continue.

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, informed the leaders of the Change Bloc this morning that the next Knesset speaker will be Matan Kahana, a member of his party. Eisenkot had wanted to keep the position for himself, but ultimately decided that Kahana would serve in the role, at least temporarily, amid negotiations to form a government. The article does not detail the reasons for the decision or the response of the bloc leaders.