Eisenkot's coalition bombshell and Satmar vote-buying injunction

Gadi Eisenkot alleges a broken pact on premiership; Judge Sohlberg halts a $200-per-voter scheme.

Eisenkot's coalition bombshell and Satmar vote-buying injunction — Gadi Eisenkot claims that Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman violated a prior agreement that the leader of the largest party would become prime minister. [^1] His statement, that "the leader of the largest party would be the candidate for prime minister," directly challenges the legitimacy of the current coalition's formation. [^1] Eisenkot also stated he does not see an Arab party that would accept his principles, signaling a potential barrier to future coalition-building. [^1] Separately, Central Elections Committee Chairman Judge Noam Sohlberg issued a temporary injunction barring an organization affiliated with the Satmar Hasidic sect from offering $200 to voters. [^2] Sohlberg ruled that the evidence attached to the petition establishes a "grave concern of a violation of the law that goes to the root of election laws." [^2] The organization operates a system called "Shekel HaTahor," under which some 12,000 new individuals registered. [^2] Protesters gathered outside the Dutch Embassy in Ramat Gan on Friday, demanding the release of information about a phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Dutch PM Mark Rutte on October 7, 2023. [^3] The call took place at 10:30 a.m., before Netanyahu's first address to the nation at 11 a.m. [^3] The timing raises questions about the sequence of events on that day, as a New York Times report indicated Netanyahu was warned of a major Hamas attack in late September 2023 but did not mention it in a security discussion on October 1. [^4] Arab society murders pass 177 as Kafr Kanna shooting adds to toll — Muhammad Samer Yassin, a 28-year-old resident of Tamra, was shot dead this evening (Friday) in the local council of Kafr Kanna in the Western Galilee. The report of the shooting was received at 18:05 at the 101 emergency hotline of Magen David Adom in the Asher district. His cousin, Jawad Yassin, was murdered in February last year. Since the beginning of the year, 177 people have been murdered in Arab society. [^3] Separately, the suspect in the August 23 murder of Yanis Yeshuyobov at a Caesarea restaurant has been arrested. The suspect,