Ex-IDF Chief Ya'alon Urges Opposition to Seize Knesset, Form Government
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon urged opposition leaders to quickly form a government amid ongoing vote counting for the 26th Knesset elections. He accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of potentially provoking a war with Iran to stay in power and warned of continued violence in Judea and Samaria if a new government is not swiftly established.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Moshe Ya'alon called on opposition leaders to seize the Knesset and form a government quickly.
- Ya'alon accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of potentially inciting war with Iran to remain in power.
- The former Defense Minister warned of continued violence in Judea and Samaria without a new government.
- Ya'alon's call came while votes for the 26th Knesset elections were still being counted.
- He urged the opposition to form a government including Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovich.
Former IDF Chief of Staff and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has called on the leaders of the "change bloc" to quickly take control of the Knesset and form a new government, even as votes from the 26th Knesset elections were still being counted. In a sharp social media post on Wednesday, Ya'alon attacked the outgoing government, declaring it "defeated." He asserted that a "decisive majority of Israeli citizens chose a Jewish, democratic, and liberal state in the spirit of the Declaration of Independence."
Ya'alon directly addressed the opposition leaders, urging them to "take control of the Knesset and form a government as quickly as possible, together with Mansour Abbas and Yoav Segalovich." He also leveled a serious accusation against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting the premier might initiate a military confrontation with Iran to remain in power. "Before the person responsible for the October 7th massacre incites a war against Iran, to cling to power, as he tried to do before the elections," Ya'alon wrote.
Concluding his remarks, Ya'alon warned that any delay in forming a new government would allow, in his view, for continued violence in Judea and Samaria. "Any delay will also allow the messianists to continue pogroms in Judea and Samaria," he stated, ending with a plea: "Make decisions quickly, and save Israel!"
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