Hundreds of Israeli settlers took to the streets of Tel Aviv and other cities on Saturday, calling on the regime’s opposition parties to form an alliance with Arab political lists and end the long rule of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The demonstrations came days after Tuesday’s general election produced no clear majority in the 120-seat Knesset.

Final counts show Netanyahu’s right-wing and ultra-Orthodox bloc securing only 53 seats, down sharply from its previous strength, while the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot holds 48.

Arab-majority parties, the Joint List and Ra’am, surged to a record combined 19 seats on the back of unprecedented turnout among Palestinian citizens of the occupied territories, who make up roughly 20 percent of the population inside the regime’s claimed borders.

An alliance between Eisenkot’s camp and the Arab parties would produce a 67-seat majority, enough to remove Netanyahu.

Protesters in Tel Aviv carried signs reading “67 mandates for change,” “Arabs and Jews will only win together,” and “There is a majority for change.”

Speakers and participants, including Jewish Israelis, insisted that the Arab community has a right to political participation and that only such a partnership can drive Netanyahu from office.

Similar rallies were reported in Jerusalem, Haifa and northern areas. Counter-demonstrations by Netanyahu supporters gathered at the same sites, with some chanting racist slogans and accusing Arab parties of “stealing” the election.

Netanyahu’s Likud party has amplified these unsubstantiated claims, demanding investigations into alleged fraud and foreign interference without providing evidence, an effort widely seen as an attempt to delegitimize the results and block any path that would end his premiership.

Many parties within Eisenkot’s bloc, including those led by Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman, have previously pledged not to rely on Arab lists, citing differences over the regime’s wars in Gaza and elsewhere. Arab party leaders have indicated they are open to arrangements that would end Netanyahu’s rule, even without taking ministerial posts.

The deadlock leaves Netanyahu as caretaker prime minister while President Isaac Herzog prepares to consult party heads and assign the task of forming a government.

The outcome remains uncertain, but the protests highlight deep divisions within the Israeli regime, where large segments of the population are now openly demanding the inclusion of Palestinian citizens as the only realistic route to political change.

The results further expose the weakening grip of Netanyahu’s far-right coalition amid the prolonged consequences of its regional aggressions.