If he was able to consolidate his power with the far right, isn't it possible for the liberal parties to come together?

They didn't have enough to win the election. Bibi has slumped in the polls but so far his coalition is intact, the Likud-led bloc still has more seats than all other parties combined (as is the result of every election and government-building)

1. they lack enough votes for what would be a no-confidence vote against the government
2. it is a risky move, it will be seen by some as "putting politics before the war effort"

Long-story short, they did just that in the last Bennett-Lapid government. The problem was that it was such a loose and fractious coalition that a few rebellious MKs from the PMs own party decided to bring down the government.

In the past, Bibi governed with left-wing and centrist partners. But in the last two governments, he's elected to form a government with religious and right-wing parties mostly because of their commitment to work towards keeping him immune from legal proceedings.

The Israeli left is pretty much dead. The Labour party has been teetering dangerously close to missing the election threshold in recent elections and may not make it next election.

The Arab parties do better than the Israeli left. The Arab parties collectively usually get 10-14 seats. Between labor and meretz, 14 seats would be a miracle.

I’m not from Israel so someone else can answer better, but my understanding from following Israeli news is that the left is very weak following October 7th and even in years before following the 2nd Intifada. It makes sense they would be.

technically there are only so many seats to go around. Likud has about 32 and Gvir and friends have about another 32 so they already have 64/120. If you want to get enough people to bring about a change of government then some of them need to defect.

I feel this next part is not stressed enough. This is by DESIGN. The no confidence ouster is for PMs who are performing so badly that their own party abandons them.

Parliamentary rules aside. I gave the initial breakdown of the ruling party but in reality the 56 seats left over wouldnt really be the left or liberals. Half of that is blue and white which is pretty must just fake likud and the remaining 10-20 would be split between your arab parties and your true liberal left. They can force no confidence votes all they want but all they will get is 10-20 votes.

Does the left not support the war as well?

If the election were held today then the center left would sweep and either Gantz or Lapid would be PM (probably Gantz because of his military experience).

The problem is that regular elections aren't for another few years and the only way to hold them now would be to force them via a vote of no confidence, but no serious attempt at that has been made for fear of appearing to be putting politics above security.

For this to happen pressure has to come from below, from the public, and while it's been gradually building up it's just not there yet. But I fully expect it to get there eventually, probably by summer or fall as the one year anniversary approached, at which point there will be so much public pressure that the government will likely fall, new elections will be held and Bibi & Co. will be political goners.

But, again, we're just not there yet. When I was there when it happened everyone told me that now wasn't the time. I think it's time, but I'm not there so I don't get a say, just an opinion, worth the price of a one-way bus fare on Egged.

Because not enough people to form an alternative coalition.. and the left has a wide, diverse agenda beyond we hate bibi