Former IDF chief of staff and National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot told the Winett website that coalition negotiations must shift from vetoes to affirmative agendas. Eisenkot criticized candidates who rule out sitting with Haredim, Arabs, Ben Gvir, Smotrich, or a Netanyahu-led Likud, quipping that such an approach would leave them forming a coalition with 'the Baloch or the Freemasons.'
National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff, gave an interview to the Winett website in which he addressed the dynamics of coalition-building in the current political climate. Eisenkot argued that parties should shift from negative declarations—ruling out partners—to positive platforms. He listed common vetoes cited by some candidates—against Haredim, Arabs, Ben Gvir, Smotrich, and a Netanyahu-led Likud—and sarcastically noted that the logical outcome would be a coalition with the Baloch or the Freemasons, a remark that drew attention as a pointed critique of inflexible negotiating stances.
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