N12 journalist Daphna Liel reports that Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot met last Saturday night, and that a political union between them remains under discussion — but Eisenkot's inner circle has reservations about the merger.
N12 journalist Daphna Liel reported Saturday evening that Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eisenkot held a meeting last Saturday night. According to Liel, discussions about a political union between the two former party leaders remain active, but people close to Eisenkot have expressed reservations about the merger. Liel's disclosure follows her earlier report on the same topic on Friday, which revealed the meeting but did not mention the reservations. The development comes amid ongoing political jockeying ahead of a potential electoral realignment.
7 developments
- StrongBennett and Lapid's Together party publishes updated Knesset list
- DevelopingYachad holds emergency meeting as polls slide — party sources say
- DevelopingBennett pressures Hili Tropper to merge his faction with 'Together' party, offers full union
- DevelopingBennett vowed to probe post-Oct 7 actions, cancel coalition laws upon forming government
Source and signal
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