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Ahmad Tibi: Haredim will not join Eisenkot – he needs us

MK Ahmad Tibi claims that the Haredi parties will not join a government led by Gadi Eisenkot, suggesting that he relies on his party's support.


Ahmad Tibi, 2015
Ahmad Tibi, 2015 · Photo: דוד שי · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

MK Ahmad Tibi addressed the prospect of a government headed by Gadi Eisenkot in an interview with Arabia Independent, expressing his belief that the Haredi parties would not join such a coalition. According to reports in Maariv, Tibi implied that the candidate tasked with forming a government would need his party's support to succeed. Meanwhile, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter reported that Eisenkot is working to assemble a majority, identifying Tibi as a significant figure in the complex political negotiations. Further details regarding developments in the coalition talks have not yet been released.

Sources: מעריב — מבזקים, מעריב — מבזקים, Dagens Nyheter

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