Haredim complicate calculations for forming Israel's government Israel · 2026-11-04 18:45
Coalition arithmetic is tangled as the change camp seeks to win over Haredi parties. The report says Eisenkot is ahead of Netanyahu in consultations on assigning the mandate to form a government, while the position of Arab parties is awaited.
Haredi ultra-Orthodox parties have often been decisive partners in Israeli coalition governments, and disputes over military conscription for their students have been a recurring obstacle to forming them.
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