Amit Segal (N12) reports new details of Gadi Eisenkot's contingency plan for forming a government without 61 seats: conscription or national service as a threshold condition for coalition partners; no negotiations with Arab or Haredi parties without these conditions; and a goal to avoid immediate dissolution of the Knesset in the hope of attracting Likud MKs.
Amit Segal (N12) provided further details Saturday evening of Gadi Eisenkot's contingency plan for the period after the elections, first reported by Segal earlier in the evening. According to the plan, if Eisenkot fails to secure 61 seats, any coalition partner must accept a conscription law or national service as a threshold condition. No negotiations will be held with Arab or Haredi parties on avoidance or support unless they accept these conditions. The strategy aims to avoid an immediate dissolution of the Knesset, instead hoping to attract defectors from the Likud party. The plan was first unveiled on the program 'Meet the Press' (פגוש את העיתונות).
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- DevelopingEizenkot: Shas must accept conscription principle for coalition partnership
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