Joint Arab List MK Ahmad Tibi said his party would skip a Knesset hearing on Yamina's MK Amichai Chikli formally leaving the party.

Tibi also said he was "personally grateful" to former coalition spokeswoman MK Idit Silman for bolting the unity government.

"You've created quite an interesting situation," said the MK, hinting at his party's status as a major broker in any future coalition deal thanks to a virtual tie between the Bennett-Lapid government and Netanyahu-led opposition parties.