Thousands rally in Israel calling for Jewish-Arab coalition to oust Netanyahu

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Israeli activists rallied in Tel Aviv last night, calling on Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rival, to work with Arab parties to form a government. Results from the election show the governing right-wing coalition headed by Netanyahu's Likud party has 53 seats while the "Change" bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot has 48 seats. A deadlock in Tuesday’s elections means siding with the parties could help Eisenkot form a government as the election did produce a historic high of 19 seats for Arab Israeli parties. Also in the programme: In the Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan, there are thousands of volunteers there today to build 108 Buddhist structures in 24 hours; and King Charles will be ending a nine-day tour of the Caribbean in Antigua on Tuesday and attending a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government after calls for Britain to apologise for its role in selling enslaved people for profit. Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Tim Judah, a journalist, author and special correspondent for The Economist covering the Balkans and Ukraine, and Madeleine Schwartz, a journalist and editor of the Dial Magazine. Photo: A protester holds an Israeli flag and a doll in a rally against the government as they call the opposition to form a government with the Arab parties following last week's general election, in Tel Aviv, Israel October 31, 2026 REUTERS/Jamal Awad