Eisenkot courts ultra-Orthodox parties as Likud hunts for opposition defectors
With the new Knesset set to convene November 10, the opposition bloc seeks to replace Speaker Amir Ohana with Arab party backing, then pursue Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry, repeal judicial overhaul laws and advance compulsory service legislation
Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party alleged on Saturday that several Likud MKs and ministers, including Almog Cohen, Yoav Kisch, Yaakov Bardugo, and others, contacted the party members. Yashar expressed the public's anxiety over the defeat on X/Twitter, stating their commitment to implementing the public's decision and forming a Zionist government for all Israelis.
Recent tensions within Likud involved phone calls from several ministers and MKs, all citing Yashar, according to the party. The Likud party responded on Saturday, accusing Eisenkot and his campaign manager, Ronen Manelis, of being pressured by those disrupting their plans to work with parties supporting terrorism. Yashar countered that National Missions Minister Orit Strock also called the party.
The party added that those sending Shlomi Fogel to negotiate with Hamas, Miki Zohar to negotiate with Mansour Abbas, and employing a Qatari agent in their office, have all denied the claims. They further accused Yashar of sending emissaries to call on those who lost the October 27 election. Strock responded to the claims by calling her "good friend" Tal Ohana to congratulate her on entering the Knesset.
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