Arab parties in contact with senior UTJ officials over negotiations with Yashar-led bloc - report
Abbas reportedly suggested that joint talks could give legitimacy to a more lenient arrangement on the issue across the political spectrum, while also positioning UTJ as a potential "kingmaker."
Arab Ra aam and Joint List parties have been in communication with senior officials from the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, according to a report by KAN News on Thursday. The negotiations are aimed at forming a coalition led by Gadi Eisenkot, with the goal of removing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ra aam chairman Mansour Abbas suggested that opening negotiations between the three parties could give legitimacy to a more lenient arrangement on military conscription legislation, and position UTJ as a potential kingmaker.
Utj chairman Yakov Asher has also spoken with Abbas and Joint List MK Ahmad Tibi, though UTJ's office stated that the conversations were informal and unrelated to political negotiations. There have been previous instances of cooperation between Arab and haredi parties in the Knesset.
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