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Eisenkot slams Netanyahu's unity government call as 'political spin,' says negotiations scheduled

Eisenkot slams Netanyahu's unity government call as 'political spin,' says negotiations scheduled

Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of political spin over his unity government appeal, saying talks were already scheduled and demanding a break with extremists.

Yashar chairman, MK Gadi Eisenkot, said on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu call for a unity government is "a political spin," and that he "knows full well that such a meeting has already been scheduled.""It is set for tomorrow, between the negotiating teams of Yashar and Likud," Eisenkot said. "My fellow Israelis, this is just the latest ruse: Netanyahu calls for negotiations - even though they have already been arranged - and claims to desire unity, yet he simultaneously desecrates a formal state proceeding in the Knesset, sowing division and incitement as if there were no tomorrow."He also said that "such a trick won't work on him," adding that Netanyahu "knows that the conditions for joining an emergency government under my leadership include accepting the principles I have outlined and parting ways with the extremists."This is a developing story.

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Yashar chairman, MK Gadi Eisenkot, said on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu call for a unity government is "a political spin," and that he "knows full well that such a meeting has already been scheduled.""It is set for tomorrow, between the negotiating teams of Yashar and Likud," Eisenkot said. "My fellow Israelis, this is just the latest ruse: Netanyahu calls for negotiations - even though they have already been arranged - and claims to desire unity, yet he simultaneously desecrates a formal state proceeding in the Knesset, sowing division and incitement as if there were no tomorrow."He also said that "such a trick won't work on him," adding that Netanyahu "knows that the…

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