Eisenkot Demands Netanyahu Exit, Cites Election Interference Report
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
MK Gadi Eisenkot has called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to leave office immediately, citing an investigative report alleging Netanyahu's office planted evidence of foreign election interference. Eisenkot stated Netanyahu's actions are a threat to Israeli democracy and ruled out any coalition with him. The Prime Minister's Office denied the report, calling it false and an attempt to silence a different election-related issue.
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- MK Gadi Eisenkot stated Prime Minister Netanyahu must leave office immediately due to alleged election interference.
- An investigative report claims Netanyahu's office planted evidence of foreign interference in elections.
- Eisenkot called Netanyahu's actions a direct threat to Israeli democracy.
- Eisenkot explicitly ruled out any coalition rotation with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
- The Prime Minister's Office denied the report, calling it false.
Member of Knesset Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, has sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a Channel 12 investigative report alleging Netanyahu's involvement in planting evidence of foreign interference in elections. The report claims Netanyahu's Chief of Staff, Ido Nordon, not only complained to the police about Ra'am activists arrested in connection with the matter but also directed them to an "intelligence source." This source, according to the report, is a former Prime Minister's Office employee close to Yossi Shai. The investigation reportedly yielded no results.
Both the State Attorney's Office and the Investigations Department are currently examining whether information was deliberately planted to bolster the "Arabs are stealing the elections" campaign. Eisenkot stated that "the conduct of outgoing Prime Minister Netanyahu and his associates is a tangible, direct, and immediate threat to Israeli democracy." He further asserted that "no part of Israel has been left uncorrupted, distorted, and subservient to Netanyahu's personal political survival. There is no restraint he has not lost, and no boundary he has not crossed."
Eisenkot explicitly ruled out any possibility of a rotation government with Netanyahu, declaring, "Under no circumstances should Netanyahu continue to hold the reins of power for even one more minute. Israel must not be dragged into another election cycle with him as prime minister. It is clear that as long as he is in office, fair and legitimate elections will no longer be held in Israel. This is the main consideration guiding me in any coalition negotiation I am currently conducting."
He called for an "immediate investigation" into the affair and for immediate clarification from the police and the Shin Bet regarding the published details. Eisenkot announced, "I will act to establish an inquiry committee to investigate the Prime Minister's Office's involvement and interference on election day and the conduct of security bodies leading up to and during it."
The Prime Minister's Office responded to the report, calling it "a false report; intended to silence the election pollution affair."
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