Eisenkot privately called Bennett-Lapid alliance ‘deep disappointment’

Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot privately described the alliance between former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid as a “deep disappointment” and said it took him days to process the news of the merger, which happened behind his back, according to recordings aired by Channel 12 news.

Speaking at a closed-door conference this week, Eisenkot said he initially tried not to “get dragged into negativity,” telling himself that Bennett and Lapid were each acting in their own political interests.

“But it was a blow,” Eisenkot is heard saying. “I asked myself how we got to this situation. I thought we were a united team.”

According to Channel 12, Eisenkot’s decision on whether to join Bennett and Lapid in an alliance could come within weeks, as the polling picture becomes clearer.

“The question is whether we open a new path, a different path, together with partners for this purpose,” Eisenkot says in the recoding.