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Eisenkot: We Will Not Allow Any Delay to the Knesset Swearing-In

Gadi Eisenkot accused Likud of attempting to delegitimize election results and announced plans to advance a draft bill and an October 7 inquiry.


Gadi Eisenkot and Doron Amir at the Cyber Negev competition, 2022
Gadi Eisenkot and Doron Amir at the Cyber Negev competition, 2022 · Photo: CyTaka company employee · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot declared that he will not permit any delay or deviation from the scheduled swearing-in of the new Knesset, as reported by newspaper Haaretz and broadcaster Kan 11. Eisenkot accused Likud and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of conducting an orchestrated campaign aimed at delegitimizing the election results.

According to the reports, Eisenkot stated that his faction has already begun preparing legislative proposals ahead of the opening of the Knesset session. Among other measures, the party plans to table a new military conscription bill and legislation mandating the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the events of October 7.

Sources: הארץ — חדשות, כאן 11

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