Israel’s Netanyahu criticises opposition uniting against him for election

Five opposition leaders agree to cooperate to boost voter turnout to secure a majority in the October 27 elections.Published On 27 Sep 202627 Sep 2026Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticised the opposition leaders who began coordinating to replace his government ahead of the October 27 Knesset elections.The five politicians met at opposition leader Yair Lapid’s home in Tel Aviv on Saturday to coordinate their strategy before the elections, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel bans Arab parties from election: Who they are, why it matterslist 2 of 3Arab parties denounce ban from Israel’s October electionlist 3 of 3‘Outrageous lies’: How Israeli voters are shrugging off Western sanctionsend of listIn his first response to the agreement, Netanyahu claimed Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot would seek to form a government with Yair Lapid, Yair Golan, Bennett 2026, Yisrael Beiteinu and Arab parties.“Only a strong Likud will stop them,” Netanyahu posted on X, referring to his right-wing political party. He posted an AI-altered photo of the politicians meeting where he added United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas and Hadash-Ta’al leader ...