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Golan urges opposition to unite with Arab parties to gain 65-seat majority

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"We have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens. A government that will serve all Israeli citizens," Golan wrote on Wednesday.

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Members of the United Arab List (Ra’am) party stand on stage following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.
Members of the United Arab List (Ra’am) party stand on stage following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.
(photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90)
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Democrats' chairman Yair Golan said that the bloc led by Prime Minister Netanyahu lost the 2026 Knesset election, as the opposition bloc reached 65 seats when the Arab parties are included.

"Netanyahu lost. I know how to count to 120. 65 is more than 55. That's how Israeli democracy works. Period," he said, calling for the inclusion of Arab parties in the government in the upcoming Knesset elections," he wrote Wednesday morning.

He also said that if Netanyahu was considering forming a Zionist bloc, he should "subtract from his own bloc the 16 Knesset members from the non-Zionist Haredi parties."

Supporters celebrate at the Democrats party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026.
Supporters celebrate at the Democrats party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 27, 2026. (credit: YEHOSHUA YOSEF/FLASH90)

"We have a majority. We have responsibility. And we have an opportunity to form a government of change in partnership with Israel's Arab citizens. A government that will serve all Israeli citizens," Golan added.

Arab parties receive unprecedented number of seats in 2026 elections

This comes after two Arab parties, Ra'am and the Joint List, are projected to receive six and 12 seats, respectively, according to data from the Central Elections Committee (CEC).

The opposition bloc, comprising Yashar, B’Yachad, Yisrael Beytenu, and the Democrats, is expected to enter the Knesset with 47 seats, according to data from the CEC.

CEC data shows that Golan's Democrats is projected to win nine seats in the 2026 elections.

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