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Eisenkot rules out minority government

The Yesh! party leader says he has no plan to form a minority government backed by the Arab parties: There isn't sufficient support for such a move within the bloc itself

Gadi Eisenkot at the President's Residence

Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yesh! party and holder of the mandate to form Israel's next government, has ruled out any attempt to swear in a minority government in a rapid move, according to updated assessments from sources within the change bloc reported by Maariv's political correspondent Anna Barsky.

According to the report, Eisenkot is not planning to pursue a minority government scenario. Sources in the bloc say such a scenario currently has no real political feasibility and lacks sufficient support even within the bloc's own factions, and therefore Eisenkot is not acting in that direction.

Alongside the rejection of the minority government scenario, Barsky reports that Eisenkot's negotiating team is signaling some progress in the track of talks with the chareidi factions, with the aim of reaching understandings that would allow the expansion of the emerging coalition.

However, the report clarified that as of this stage, these signals have no real verification on the ground, and chareidi sources involved in what is happening behind the scenes are not confirming that a breakthrough has been recorded in the contacts.

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