Israel’s New Parliament Opens With Fight Over Speaker and Push for October 7 Inquiry
Eisenkot’s allies seek control of the Knesset and move to reverse Netanyahu-era legislation, but disagreements over Arab party support and military conscription complicate efforts to form a government
By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line
Israel’s newly elected parliament opened Tuesday with a challenge to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and a legislative push to establish a state inquiry into the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, as Gadi Eisenkot’s allies sought to exercise their parliamentary majority before forming a government.
Eisenkot’s Yashar party submitted a petition backed by 67 lawmakers demanding a vote to replace Ohana, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. Ohana subsequently announced that the vote would take place November 17, with former Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana, a Yashar lawmaker, nominated as his successor.
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