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Report: Eisenkot seeking centrist party union in next elections, may want to lead it
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National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot is seeking to unite centrist parties in the next elections, possibly under his leadership, Haaretz reports, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
They say Eisenkot is seeking to prevent former prime minister Naftali Bennett — widely expected to run in the next national vote — from winning opposition votes.
They add that Eisenkot and Lapid are “talking a lot” and that “it’s clear to everyone that Eisenkot has decided that in the next election, he will not be an ineffectual number two.”
The report noted that National Unity leader Benny Gantz does not currently plan to step down from the party’s leadership.
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