Overview

• Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman sent a formal letter to opposition leader Yair Lapid proposing shared guidelines for forming the next government.
• Liberman asked for an urgent meeting with the heads of Zionist opposition parties along with Naftali Bennett and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot.
• His letter calls for consensus on security, the economy, a constitution, universal military service, and religion–state relations within Israel’s founding values.
• Bennett met Liberman the same day to discuss the war, hostage negotiations, the IDF draft, the economy, and options to replace the current government.
• Liberman argued the current leadership is driving Israel toward ruin and bears responsibility for the October 7 disaster, while separate commentary urged national unity to deny Hamas leverage.