'They will use you and throw you away': Netanyahu warns haredi parties away from Eisenkot-led bloc

While Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot and his bloc partners are trying to bring the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties on board to form a government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to thwart the effort and keep the haredi parties out.According to a source familiar with the negotiations, Netanyahu is personally speaking with rabbis, sending emissaries to the haredi leadership, and attempting to reach rabbis outside the senior leadership circle.At the same time, he is warning the haredi parties that an Eisenkot government could rely on their support to take office, only to turn to the Arab parties after passing the budget, leaving the haredi factions with little real influence.The haredi parties are listening to these warnings, but they are demanding an answer from Netanyahu: What government can he offer them instead of an Eisenkot government, without triggering another election?According to the sources, Netanyahu believes that efforts should not be limited to persuading Rabbi Dov Lando and the senior leadership of the Ashkenazi haredi community. In private conversations, he has emphasized the need to reach other rabbis, including those in the second tier of leadership.Netanyahu believes some of these rabbis are more closely aligned with the Right and that their communities are also opposed to cooperating with liberal left-wing parties.The source described how Lando's position is perceived in Netanyahu's circle: The…