Report: Eisenkot refused to give on-camera statement with Bennett amid tainted state comptroller election

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett approached Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot with the suggestion that they issue a joint statement in the wake of the tainted state comptroller election at the Knesset, but was rebuked, Channel 12 reports.

It was suggested instead that a written statement be put out in the name of all of the opposition leaders, but the report says that Bennett wanted an on-camera statement instead.

The reported incident appears to be the latest in an increasingly publicly fractious relationship between the opposition party leaders, and comes as Eisenkot increasingly strengthens in polls.

A Channel 12 survey published yesterday showed the former minister and IDF chief of staff preferred to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as premier for the first time. Israel does not directly elect its prime ministers.