Eisenkot rejects claim he promised Ra'am a place in future coalition during Bedouin meeting

The denial followed an N12 report in which northern Bedouin local authority heads who met Eisenkot on Tuesday claimed he had promised to bring Ra'am into a government he would lead.

Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot denied on Wednesday that he promised to bring Ra'am into a future coalition or government, saying his party did not discuss the composition of a future government during a meeting with Bedouin local authority heads.

The denial followed an N12 report in which northern Bedouin local authority heads who met Eisenkot on Tuesday claimed he had promised to bring Ra'am into a government he would lead.

Mu'id al-Heib, head of the Tuba-Zanghariya Local Council, told Radio Nas that Eisenkot had said contacts were underway with Ra'am and that he would work to include the party in his next government.

The party shared footage of Eisenkot's meeting with the Bedouin leaders

Yashar rejected the report outright, and also released footage of Eisenkot's meeting with northern Bedouin local authority heads, which took place on Tuesday.

Yashar also distributed a separate clip of remarks by Eisenkot from the meeting and a clip of remarks by al-Heib.

The party stressed that Eisenkot did not discuss the makeup of the next government at any point during the meeting.

"Throughout the entire meeting, as well as during the meal that took place afterward and was also documented, Eisenkot did not refer at all to the structure or composition of the next government," Yashar said.