"I am doing everything to help [Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot] establish a Zionist government of national renewal and bring about the revolution for those who serve," he said.
Negotiations to establish an Eisenkot bloc government continue to expose disagreements among the potential coalition partners, with questions now emerging about Bennett's position.
More than ever, the 2026 Knesset elections have shown how dysfunctional and ill-suited it is to the country’s unique governance challenges.
Among the demands listed by Jabareen were repealing the Kaminitz Law, which allows for illegally constructed Arab homes to be demolished.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Netanyahu talks unity, Liberman talks haredi compromise, and Eisenkot needs partners, but no coalition is real until someone says what they will give up.
According to the assessment, the existing findings suggest, at most, a possible minor violation of party financing laws, raising doubts about the justification for a full criminal investigation.
According to a source familiar with the negotiations, Netanyahu is personally speaking with rabbis, sending emissaries to the haredi leadership, and attempting to reach rabbis outside senior leaders.
Deri stressed to those attending that he was not interested in reports that sugarcoat reality or attempts to downplay the scale of the defeat, instead asking for harsh, pointed conclusions.
"There is a fundamental difference between the approaches of the different leaderships, between the Ashkenazi ultra-Orthodox leadership and the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox leadership," he said.
Abbas reportedly suggested that joint talks could give legitimacy to a more lenient arrangement on the issue across the political spectrum, while also positioning UTJ as a potential "kingmaker."
The meeting came a day after Eisenkot asked A-G Gali Baharav-Miara to intervene, saying Netanyahu had denied him the briefings while the government serves in a caretaker capacity.
