Likud Reportedly Forms Team to Seek Post-Election Defections From Eisenkot’s Party

Likud has reportedly established a team of party lawmakers and strategic advisers to persuade future lawmakers from Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party to join Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc after the election. The team is examining candidates’ backgrounds, past statements and personal circles, focusing on those with right-wing backgrounds or connections. Its planned approach reportedly combines political and security arguments with promises to candidates who switch blocs. An unnamed Likud figure cited disagreements over diplomatic and security policy and the prospect of a government relying on Arab parties’ votes. The report describes recruitment plans, not completed defections.