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Eisenkot Says Ra'am Will Not Be Part of His Next Government

Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Gadi Eisenkot, in a navy blazer and open-collared light-blue shirt, standing with then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Benny Gantz before U.S. and Israeli flags, drawn from a February 2024 State Department photograph in Tel Aviv; archival context for Eisenkot, not a depiction of his September 26, 2026 television interview.

Yashar! chairman Gadi Eisenkot said in a television interview on Saturday that Ra'am will not be part of the next government under his leadership. He said no Arab or Haredi party, including Mansour Abbas's Ra'am, currently accepts his conditions: a Jewish and democratic state, the Declaration of Independence, mandatory service, and recognizing Hamas as a terror organization that must be destroyed. Eisenkot said he is aiming for 63 to 65 seats. He also said Netanyahu's 2019 decision not to halt Qatari payments after a Shin Bet warning that Hamas's military wing was taking $4 million of a $15 million transfer was "between embezzlement and treason" and must be investigated.

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