Israel's president begins process of coalition government negotiations

Home Middle East To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: Israel faces political deadlock © agencies 02:16 Issued on: 02/11/2026 - 16:57 Israel's President Isaac Herzog begins the process of coalition government negotiations this week. One possibility is for the centrist opposition bloc to form a government with the Arab parties, which would oust current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Protests for and against such a coalition this weekend made it clear the Israeli public is divided over the idea. Keywords for this article Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East Video content Video Middle East