Netanyahu to Haredi parties: Do not join Eisenkot's bloc

The Prime Minister is conducting personal outreach to rabbis and Haredi leaders to prevent them from joining a government led by MK Gadi Eisenkot.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working in recent days to persuade the Haredi parties not to join a political bloc led by MK Gadi Eisenkot, as reported this morning by the Jerusalem Post and Maariv. According to the reports, Netanyahu has warned the Haredi representatives that their potential partners in the so-called change bloc will use them politically and then discard them.

According to sources familiar with the negotiations, Netanyahu is personally speaking with rabbis and sending emissaries to the Haredi leadership in an attempt to reach figures outside the senior leadership circle. Further details regarding the parties' responses or the progress of the talks have not yet been released.