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Herzog Presses Abbas on Hamas; Ra'am Backs Eisenkot for PM
Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas recommended Gadi Eisenkot for Prime Minister to President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, stating his party believes Eisenkot can form a stable government.
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What happened
- 01Mansour Abbas recommended Gadi Eisenkot for Prime Minister to President Isaac Herzog.
- 02President Herzog questioned Abbas about his view on Hamas during coalition consultations.
- 03Abbas did not explicitly call Hamas a terrorist organization but advocated for its disarmament.
- 04Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Abbas's response and Eisenkot's reliance on Arab parties.
During the meeting, Herzog pressed Abbas to label Hamas a terrorist organization, but Abbas did not explicitly do so, instead calling for disarmament and questioning loyalty tests. Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Abbas's response and argued Eisenkot's nomination showed dependence on Arab parties.
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