Netanyahu calls for a national unity government and warns of the Iranian nuclear threat at the opening of the 26th Knesset

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1. 10 Nov 2026, 17:41 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would soon face pressure to accept Iran as a nuclear state as a fait accompli, in a remark related to the Iranian nuclear file, without further details on the nature of this pressure or who is exerting it.
2. 10 Nov 2026, 17:55 Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran is working to renew its nuclear program, considered that the only way to remove the threat is toppling the Iranian regime, and called for forming a national unity government in Israel.
3. 10 Nov 2026, 18:05 In a speech during the swearing-in ceremony opening the 26th Knesset, Netanyahu called for forming a national unity government and setting other considerations aside to confront major threats. He claimed Iran has not abandoned its plans to destroy Israel and is seeking to renew its nuclear program, considered that toppling the regime of the Supreme Leader is the only way to remove the threat, and reviewed operations targeting leaders such as Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar.
4. 10 Nov 2026, 18:26 Benjamin Netanyahu called for forming a national unity government in Israel, saying this aims to confront the threat Iran poses to Israel.
5. 10 Nov 2026, 22:35 After the new Knesset members took the oath of office, Gadi Eisenkot, tasked with forming the government, described Netanyahu's speech — in which he called for a national unity government to confront the "existential Iranian nuclear threat" — as "disgraceful" and "hateful", accusing him of exploiting an official event for political purposes, while President Isaac Herzog urged political forces to make concessions to form a new government.

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