Eisenkot seeks to form an anti-Netanyahu bloc and exclude the Raam party from his future government

The latest polls indicate that the opposition parties are ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, before the Israeli general elections scheduled for next October 27, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

Eisenkot said that he seeks to obtain 64 to 65 seats for the anti-Netanyahu Zionist bloc, noting that internal polls show that 16 to 18% of his bloc’s supporters had voted for the current coalition in the previous elections.

Despite this, the bloc led by Eisenkot is still below 61 seats, the threshold necessary to form a majority in the 120-member Knesset.

In an interview with Israeli Channel 12, Eisenkot, who heads the "Yashar" party, said that the "Ra'am" party, led by Arab politician Mansour Abbas, will not be part of his government, because it does not meet the conditions he set, including support for compulsory military service, recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and recognition of the Hamas movement as a terrorist organization that must be eliminated.

Eisenkot also directed sharp criticism at Netanyahu against the backdrop of the military campaigns against Hamas and Hezbollah, saying that neither group was defeated, despite the prime minister's pledges to achieve "complete victory."

In the same context, Eisenkot affirmed his opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.