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Israeli opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Yair Lapid, Avigdor Liberman, and Miki Golan signed a declaration pledging to work together and not attack each other ahead of upcoming elections, describing their effort as forming 'a government of repair.' Eisenkot separately said Ra'am would not be part of his government and called Netanyahu 'a pathological liar,' accusing him of fostering a culture of dishonesty and describing his approval of Qatari funds that reached Hamas as bordering on treason. The political jockeying comes as Israel's Central Election Committee moved to ban Arab parties from the election, and after a man was arrested for throwing salt shakers at Bennett during a campaign stop in the Haredi city of Bnei Brak, underscoring the charged atmosphere ahead of the vote.