The Yashar party, chaired by Gadi Eisenkot, on Wednesday denied media reports that Eisenkot discussed the composition of the future government during a meeting with Bedouin local council heads in northern Israel. The party published video documentation of the meeting and described the reports as 'an absolute lie.'
The Yashar party on Wednesday explicitly denied media reports that its chairman, Gadi Eisenkot, discussed the composition of the next government during a meeting with Bedouin local council heads in northern Israel. The party published video documentation of the meeting and described the reports as 'an absolute lie.' In the documentation, Eisenkot is seen speaking with local leaders without addressing coalition structure, according to the party. This denial comes as Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff and a leading opposition figure, has been campaigning on a platform of universal conscription and positioning his party as an alternative to the current Netanyahu-led coalition. The party's swift rebuttal and release of video evidence indicate that the reports touched a sensitive nerve in the ongoing election campaign. No independent confirmation of the meeting's content beyond the party's documentation has been published.
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