{"id":135268,"date":"2026-11-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=135268"},"modified":"2026-11-10T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:19:13","slug":"13-05-128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=135268","title":{"rendered":"Eisenkot-led bloc proposes incoming MK Matan Kahana as next Knesset speaker, Liberman as FADC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jpost.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\"><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-election-2026\/article-914426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eisenkot-led bloc proposes incoming MK Matan Kahana as next Knesset speaker, Liberman as FADC chair<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>KESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kahana is fifth on Yashar&#8217;s electoral list, and will re-enter the Knesset after leaving his seat in July 2025.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.jpost.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,fl_lossy\/q_auto\/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280\/745639\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Yashar party member Matan Kahana attends the presentation of the party\u2019s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026. \/&nbsp; (photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-0\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Party leaders in the opposition bloc seeking to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that they had agreed to nominate incoming Yashar MK and former minister Matan Kahana as their candidate for Knesset speaker, ahead of the swearing-in of the 26th Knesset.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The announcement comes after an ongoing dispute between party leaders in the bloc &#8211; Gadi Eisenkot (Yashar), Naftali Bennett (B&#8217;Yachad), Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu), and Yair Golan (the Democrats) &#8211; over who should hold the role, which will grant the opposition bloc greater control over the Knesset&#8217;s legislative agenda in the period before a government is formed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-MB_7\" class=\"article-outbrain-section article-body-paragraph\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The bloc also said it will nominate Liberman as chair of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, incoming Yashar MK Roy Folkman as chair of the Knesset&#8217;s Arrangements Committee, and incoming B&#8217;Yachad MK Liran Avisar Ben-Horin as chair of the Finance Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<aside class=\"advertisement-container \">\n<div class=\"advertisement-title\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section id=\"section-5\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kahana previously held the role of Religious Services minister from 2021 until 2022. He remained an MK until July 2025, when he resigned his seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\" class=\"article-paragraph-wrap\">\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Kahana is an IDF Colonel (res.) who served in the General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (Sayeret Matkal), serving concurrently with Bennett. He later went to the Israel Air Force&#8217;s Flight Academy and became an F-16 pilot, including during the Second Lebanon War.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\" class=\"article-top-story-section article-body-paragraph\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\" class=\"article-default-section article-body-paragraph\"><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eisenkot-led bloc proposes incoming MK Matan Kahana as next Knesset speaker, Liberman as FADC chair KESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN Kahana is fifth on Yashar&#8217;s electoral list, and will re-enter the Knesset after leaving his seat in July 2025. 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