Israel's opposition leaders have not agreed on who should take the Knesset Speaker's chair from Amir Ohana. The change bloc's leaders met for 70 minutes in Herzliya on November 3, but left without settling the question. Avigdor Liberman and Naftali Bennett backed opposition leader Yair Lapid for the post. Gadi Eisenkot wants a candidate from his own party and asked for the decision to be put off.
The numbers explain why the opposition needs unity on the post. Removing the Speaker requires 61 lawmakers. Together, the bloc's four parties won 48 seats.
Neither camp secured a majority in the 120-member Knesset. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc holds 53 seats under the certified results, while Ra'am and the Joint List together won a record 19.
