Shea Levin — text status

Naftali Bennett emerged from Tuesday's meeting of the anti-Netanyahu bloc leaders in Herzliya calling for urgent action to take control of the Knesset and the mandate. "We have no time. We need to act with great urgency," Bennett said, pledging Yachad's full strength to help Gadi Eisenkot form a coalition. According to reports, the leaders agreed to act to remove Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana but could not agree on a replacement, with Yair Lapid's candidacy the main sticking point. Without the Arab parties the bloc holds just 48 seats, while with their 19 MKs it reaches 67.