Eisenkot: "If Haredim Do Not Accept Duties, Better to Go to New Elections"
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot warned of a loss of control in Judea and Samaria and criticized the government. He stated he would not join a coalition with parties that reject the values of a Jewish and democratic state.
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot said this morning (Monday) at the National Security Conference organized by ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth in collaboration with the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) that he fears a loss of control in Judea and Samaria. "There is a very tense reality there, on the verge of anarchy, despite the efforts of the IDF and the Shin Bet to thwart terror," Eisenkot said.
The former Chief of Staff attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. According to him, "The Prime Minister, due to coalition needs, has effectively dismantled the organization that ruled Judea and Samaria, which is the IDF as the sovereign. He gave the Civil Administration to Smotrich and the police to Ben Gvir, and therefore what we see today is a total loss of control, difficulty in exhausting the ability to thwart terror, and a lack of law and order enforcement in Judea and Samaria."
Eisenkot added: "I will not sit in a government with a party that will not accept Israel as Jewish, democratic, liberal, that will not accept the values of the Declaration of Independence and the duty of military-national civil service, with an emphasis on military. The Haredim will have to accept what the Haredi parties received until '77. You cannot be a partner only in rights and not in duties. Anyone who will not be a partner in duties will not receive school funding, will be punished, and the rule is that we reward and cherish those who serve endlessly, and punish and take sanctions against draft dodgers. I prefer to reach a Zionist majority of 63-64 mandates, and if that does not happen — to call on other parties to accept the three conditions. To call on the Haredi parties to understand the gravity of the moment, and if they do not understand, then it is better to go to new elections."
