Israel's 🇮🇱 former army chief and leader of the "Yesh" Atid party, "Gadi Eisenkot" has rejected Prime Minister "Benjamin Netanyahu's" proposal to form a national unity government, labeling it a tactic to save his power and delay the formation of a new government.
"Gadi Eisenkot" stated in a social media message that "Netanyahu" knows he has lost the elections and that a new and better government is being formed in the country.
According to him, the proposal for a national unity government is actually an attempt to buy time so that the formation of the new government can be made difficult.
The former Israeli 🇮🇱 army chief said that on one hand "Netanyahu" talks about negotiations and unity, while on the other hand, he is promoting political division and incitement within the country. He further stated that these tactics will neither affect them nor will they be able to mislead the Israeli 🇮🇱 public.
Prior to this "Netanyahu" had proposed forming a national unity government with "Gadi Eisenkot" in a video message. He claimed that such a government is necessary to ensure Israel's 🇮🇱 security and to permanently eliminate the threat posed by Iran 🇮🇷.
According to "Netanyahu's" proposed government, only political parties that recognize Israel 🇮🇱 as a "Jewish" state would be included, while a proposal has been made to keep "Arab Parties" out of this alliance.
According to reports, following the recent elections "Gadi Eisenkot" who enjoys the support of (67) members of parliament, has been tasked with forming the new government. He has been given (28) days to form the government, which can be extended by an additional (14) days.
According to political analysts, bringing parties with differing ideologies onto a single platform could prove to be a difficult phase for "Gadi Eisenkot".