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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Otzma Yehudit chairman Gadi Eisenkot are scheduled to meet at Netanyahu’s Jerusalem office for a security and political briefing. The meeting will include Netanyahu’s military secretary, Brigadier General Guy Markaizano, according to a joint statement from both parties.

The meeting occurs amid coalition tensions, with reports indicating that Eisenkot will receive a security briefing from the Prime Minister’s military secretary following legal consultation. The Likud party, which controls the Knesset agenda, has conditioned approval of Avigdor Lieberman’s appointment as Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee chairman on deferring the committee’s convening.

Lieberman has warned that a caretaker government cannot unilaterally drag the country into war without oversight, suggesting ongoing disagreements over military decision-making authority within the coalition.

Sources: Walla, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Ynet