Yashar! chairman Gadi Eisenkot released an unusual video statement Thursday evening, declaring that "I will not allow a centimeter of deviation from the swearing-in of the Knesset as planned." Eisenkot charged that "the Likud and Netanyahu have launched a coordinated and organized campaign to delegitimize the election results."
"It is too early to understand what happened and whether anything happened at all. The professionals must be allowed to complete their investigation, without political interference," he said, referring to the probe into suspected foreign funding of the elections. He added that "foreign interference in the State of Israel is improper and serious, all the more so when it involves a country that finances terror and supports the Hamas terror organization."
He said he met earlier with the head of the Shin Bet and the chairman of the Central Elections Committee and was briefed on the situation. "It is important to investigate whether they tried to influence, and through whom they tried to influence. What is already certain is that the Likud and Netanyahu have launched a coordinated and organized campaign to delegitimize the election results. Their statements and briefings were prepared in advance. They are doing this because they lost. They do not have a majority."
