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New Knesset opens in a divided chamber

Asharq News reports that the new Israeli Knesset has begun work with 53 seats for Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, 48 for Gadi Eisenkot’s camp and 19 for Arab parties. Earlier, the outlet reported that Israel’s president selected Eisenkot to try to form a government. The opposition’s agenda includes pressing for a formal inquiry into failures linked to the October 7, 2023 attack, reviewing judicial-reform legislation and electing a new Knesset speaker. All three remain opposition proposals; the call for an inquiry does not itself establish what it would find.

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