With just 48 hours remaining until the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset, tensions inside the opposition bloc are rising over legislative cooperation and the selection of a Knesset speaker.
Opposition leaders are expected to present a consensus candidate for speaker tomorrow, but significant obstacles have emerged around parliamentary coordination within the bloc.
Journalist Shirit Avitan Cohen asked a spokesman for Yisrael Beiteinu chair Avigdor Liberman whether the party would cooperate on legislation with Ra'am, the Arab Islamist party. The answer was unambiguous: "We are not cooperating with anyone. We are simply working to remove the chairman."
