Former Budget Director Shaul Meridor joins Eisenkot's Yashar party

Veteran economist Shaul Meridor, ex-director-general of the Energy Ministry and former head of the Finance Ministry's Budget Division, announced he would run on Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar slate. Meridor said October 7 convinced him 'the time to sit on the sidelines is over' and that Israel needs 'deep reform.' He joined former ministers Matan Kahana and Orit Farkash-Hacohen on the party's founding list.