🔶 Eisenkot pushes for a more serious possibility of forming an Israeli cabinet

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the “Yesh Atid” party and former chief of staff of the Israeli army, insists on his four conditions for any party to join the coalition led by him. One of these conditions is compulsory service for all Israeli citizens. The stance was raised after Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the “Israel Beitenu” party, left the door open to a coalition with ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) parties. The Haredi exemption from military service has long been one of the most controversial issues in Israeli politics.

In a long message on social media, Eisenkot wrote, while saying that “Israel is in a truly real, tangible and dangerous state of emergency,” that the current government is a “fundamental threat to the existence of Israeli democracy,” at a time when the war fronts are still active but have become “subject to political and personal whims.” He warned that Israel is in the midst of a “dangerous diplomatic tsunami.”

Eisenkot revealed that with his partners he is in the process of forming a “national emergency government” and wants to present it to the parliament as soon as possible.