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IrelandKnesset control could curb Netanyahu before a new government forms
Analyst Mtanes Shehadeh says opposition efforts to secure the speakership and key committees could restrict the government's freedom to act.
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الكنيست الجديد يبدأ جلساته ويضيق الخناق على نتنياهو وحلفائه
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- 0:47The presenter identifies three opposition goals: replacing Ohana, establishing an October 7 inquiry and repealing judicial-overhaul laws.
- 3:10Shehadeh says control of key committees would give the opposition influence over parliamentary decisions during the transition.
- 5:55Shehadeh argues that parliamentary changes could restrict Netanyahu's freedom to make major decisions without oversight.
- 7:30Ultra-Orthodox support would require agreements, while Arab parties would support moves to remove Netanyahu's government, Shehadeh says.
- 8:26Shehadeh argues that changing Israel's government requires support from Arab parties.
Control of Israel's parliament could become a source of pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu before a new government is formed, according to a report by Qatar-based Al Araby Television's news channel.
The report describes an opposition effort to turn the opening sessions of the new Knesset into a check on Netanyahu and his allies. Its immediate targets include replacing Amir Ohana as speaker, establishing an inquiry into the October 7 attacks and repealing judicial-overhaul legislation.
Joining the broadcast from Haifa, Mtanes Shehadeh, director of the Israel Studies Programme at Mada al-Carmel, argues that the struggle over parliamentary posts is about more than who presides over debates. Control of the organising committee and the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee would give the opposition influence over parliamentary decisions during the transition, he says.
Shehadeh's central argument is that these changes could constrain Netanyahu's government and make it harder to take consequential decisions without scrutiny. The discussion presents parliamentary control as a means of limiting the government while efforts to replace it continue, rather than suggesting that a change of speaker would itself remove Netanyahu.
The arithmetic also depends on parties outside the main opposition bloc. Shehadeh says ultra-Orthodox parties would need agreements before supporting opposition moves, while Arab parties would support steps to bring down Netanyahu's government. In his assessment, changing the government cannot be achieved without relying on Arab parties.
The video is titled "الكنيست الجديد يبدأ جلساته ويضيق الخناق على نتنياهو وحلفائه", meaning "New Knesset begins sessions and tightens the pressure on Netanyahu and his allies." Its discussion focuses on how that pressure could work through parliamentary offices, oversight and alliances.
Israel’s single-chamber parliament.
More on Wikipedia ›An Israeli Likud politician who has been speaker of the Knesset since 2022. He previously served as justice minister and public security minister.
More on Wikipedia ›An Israeli Arab politician and former leader of Balad who served in the Knesset from 2019 to 2021.
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