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Eisenkot navigates Arab support and Haredi demands to challenge Netanyahu
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Israeli opposition leader Benny Eisenkot faces a complex political battle to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, caught between potential Arab party backing and hardline demands from ultra-Orthodox Haredi factions, Shehab Wire reported. The standoff centers on contentious issues including military conscription of Haredi members and the composition of the next government.
Eisenkot's path to power hinges on assembling a governing coalition while managing contradictory pressures from prospective partners with divergent interests and red lines on policy and religious authority.
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