Jerusalem Daily: Arab parties back Eisenkot against Netanyahu

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Eisenkot receives Arab party backing against Netanyahu.
Israeli forces demolish a Palestinian Bedouin community
to make way for E1 illegal settlement.
And Israel restricts 1,100 child amputees
in Gaza from receiving medical treatment.
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A major political shift in Israel could put
an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's grip on power.
from Palestine and Israel.
Arab-majority parties holding 19 seats
in the Knesset have officially announced their
backing for opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot
to form the next government.
We have announced to the President that in order
to advance the government of Netanyahu
and his replacement,
and to advance our mission and commitment,
For the people who support us,
we have decided on the establishment of Eizenkot.
Eizenkot's bloc already holds 48 seats,
and with the Arab party's support,
could reach 67, above the 61-seat majority threshold,
and ahead of Netanyahu's 53,
who in turn has just lost crucial ultra-orthodox
support amid disputes over military service exemptions
This could all be set in stone once the Israeli president
assigns a candidate to become prime minister on Sunday.
How will this change Palestinians' lived reality
remains to be seen.
The Palestinian Bedouin community is the latest victim,
as Israeli forces demolished four residential blocks
to make way for the controversial E1 illegal settlement
in occupied East Jerusalem.
according to three Israeli rights groups.
Israel's ethnic cleansing
of Palestinian Bedouin communities is nothing new.
Just in June, Amnesty International released a report highlighting it.
Over in the occupied West Bank,
Israeli settlers stormed the village of Burqa
and set fire to olive trees.
Then, Israeli forces prevented Palestinians from putting out the fires.
In the village of Biddo,
Israeli forces demolished five Palestinian homes.
Today we woke up at 8 a.m. without any warning,
without
anything,
except
In Gaza, Israel has restricted
for the
1,100 child amputees
from receiving medical treatment.
The Euromed Human Rights Monitor said that travel restrictions
also include medical evacuations.
The WHO said that 2,300 amputees in Gaza
were assessed for treatment between 2024 and 2026.
Only 500 were able to receive permanent prosthetics.
And Israel continues its genocidal war on Gaza.
A Palestinian man was killed in a strike on the Al-Shata refugee camp.
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