Political Brawl Erupts Over Alleged Election-Related Phone Calls
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Gadi Eisenkot accused senior Likud members of pressuring his party members with phone calls following recent election results. Likud members Almog Cohen and Yaakov Bardugo denied making any such calls. The Likud party retaliated, claiming Eisenkot and Ronen Menelis are under pressure and disrupting their plans.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Gadi Eisenkot accused Likud members of pressuring his party with phone calls after election results.
- Likud members Almog Cohen and Yaakov Bardugo denied making any calls to Yisrael Beiteinu.
- The Likud party counter-accused Eisenkot and Ronen Menelis of being under pressure.
- Eisenkot cited the alleged calls as evidence of Likud's post-election stress.
- The dispute escalated into a public political confrontation.
A political dispute erupted Saturday evening between Gadi Eisenkot's Yisrael Beiteinu party and the Likud party, centered on allegations of phone calls made by senior Likud officials to Yisrael Beiteinu members. Eisenkot claimed that a sense of "hysteria" was evident within Likud in recent hours, with party-affiliated individuals contacting members of his party. He specifically named Likud members Almog Cohen, Yoav Kisch, and Yaakov Bardugo as having made such calls, interpreting these alleged contacts as a sign of Likud's pressure following election results.
However, both Yaakov Bardugo and Almog Cohen denied reaching out to any Yisrael Beiteinu members, refuting the claims attributed to them. The Likud party responded to Eisenkot's accusations with a counter-attack, suggesting that Eisenkot and his associate Ronen Menelis were the ones under pressure, disrupting their plans to cooperate with parties they described as "terrorist supporters."
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