The head of the Tuba-Zangariyye regional council, Muayad al-Hayeb, has denied that Bedouin local authority heads who met with Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot announced their support for him as prime minister. However, he maintained that during the meeting, the possibility of bringing Ra'am into a future coalition under Eisenkot's leadership was explicitly raised.
In an interview on the "This Day" program with Muhammad Majadleh and Sana Hamoud on Radio al-Nas, al-Hayeb said the statement published by the Yashar party following the meeting was "inaccurate and misleading."
According to him, "We did not announce our support for him," and the meeting was intended to hear Eisenkot's political vision and discuss issues affecting Arab and Bedouin society. Al-Hayeb recounted that after the statement was published, he personally contacted Eisenkot's aides and clarified that the published text did not accurately reflect what was said at the meeting. He said the response he received was that the statement was drafted based on "reading between the lines."
Al-Hayeb emphasized that during the meeting, he asked Gadi Eisenkot that if he was tasked with forming the next government, he would reach out to Ra'am and work to include it in the coalition. According to him, Eisenkot expressed agreement on the need to include Ra'am and even noted that certain contacts are being maintained with the party regarding the possibility of its participation in a future government.
