Eisenkot unveils agenda to reverse Netanyahu’s policies as Israel’s new parliament is sworn in

TEL AVIV — Gadi Eisenkot, the politician tasked with forming a new Israeli government, pledged Tuesday to reverse many of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies as the new parliament was sworn in.

The pledge sets the stage for a consequential month of legislative action and coalition negotiations. Eisenkot, a former military chief, has up to six weeks to form a government that would end the tenure of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.

While it remains unclear whether Eisenkot will be able to forge a coalition government, the new Knesset can enact legislation in the meantime. Netanyahu’s opponents now control a solid majority in parliament.

Eisenkot’s bloc introduced a series of bills at the start of the legislative session that target Netanyahu and his policies. They include launching an official government-led inquiry into the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, setting term limits on the position of prime minister and overturning changes the outgoing Netanyahu-led government made to limit the powers of the judiciary. It was not immediately clear how quickly or far those bills would advance in the weeks ahead.

The former general, who campaigned as a no-nonsense straight shooter, reiterated Tuesday that his goal was a government that all Israelis could…

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