Israel’s Ben-Gvir blasts Netanyahu over reported US-backed plan to form government without him
October 27, 2026
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on
Tuesday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of planning to form a
US-backed government that excludes him, Anadolu reports.
In a post on the US social media platform X, Ben-Gvir
said Netanyahu had “promised the US administration that, following the
election, he would form a unity government with Gadi Eisenkot — and without
Ben-Gvir.”
His remarks came after newspaper Israel Hayom reported
that US President Donald Trump is pushing for a unity government involving
Netanyahu and his main challenger Eisenkot, with the Israeli premier reportedly
signaling in closed-door talks that he would be willing to abandon his
far-right allies to advance the Abraham Accords to normalize ties with Arab
countries, including with Saudi Arabia.
The elections are Israel’s first general polls since
the start of its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023.
For his part, Netanyahu called Ben-Gvir’s comments an
“election trick” to mobilize voters.
“How many times are you going to keep repeating this
trick?” he wrote on X.
Netanyahu, who has headed the current government since
late 2022, is on trial on corruption charges, including bribery, fraud and
breach of trust. If convicted, he could face imprisonment.
He also faces an arrest warrant issued by the
International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes and crimes against humanity
committed during the war in Gaza that killed more than 74,000 people and
injured over 175,000 others.
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