Yisrael Beiteinu Blames Eisenkot, Golan, Bennett for Losing 8 Mandates
Translated & summarized from Maariv by baba
Yisrael Beiteinu claims Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan, and Naftali Bennett caused the loss of eight parliamentary seats in the final ten days before the election. The party blames discussions of a minority government and Golan's statements about Arab parties for pushing voters back to Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud. Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman ruled out joining any government with Netanyahu.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Yisrael Beiteinu accuses Eisenkot, Golan, and Bennett of losing eight mandates before the election.
- The party claims minority government talk and Golan's Arab party statements hurt National Unity.
- Yisrael Beiteinu estimates voters returned to Netanyahu's Likud bloc in the election's final days.
- Avigdor Lieberman stated Yisrael Beiteinu will not join a government with Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yisrael Beiteinu is accusing Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan, and Naftali Bennett of causing the loss of approximately eight parliamentary seats in the final ten days before the recent elections. According to sources within the party, discussions about a minority government alienated many voters who had previously leaned towards the National Unity bloc, pushing them back towards Benjamin Netanyahu's camp. Yisrael Beiteinu also attributes the strengthening of Netanyahu and the Likud to repeated statements by Democratic Union leader Yair Golan regarding the formation of a coalition with Arab parties.
Sources within Yisrael Beiteinu claim that "day after day we saw another mandate, and another mandate return" due to "inexperience, lack of understanding, and the sin of arrogance" displayed by Eisenkot and his associates. The party estimates that these actions resulted in the return of about eight mandates to Netanyahu's bloc, primarily to the Likud.
Despite the election results, Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman maintains a firm stance against joining a government led by Netanyahu. A party source stated that "there is no chance we will enter a government with Bibi," even if offered the position of first in rotation. Lieberman also reiterated his party's unchanged position regarding potential coalition partners, including Arab and Haredi parties, emphasizing that "everything we said before the elections is still valid after the elections."
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