Shaked reveals: "Netanyahu wanted to form a government with Mansour Abbas"

Former Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reveals in an interview that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to form a government with Mansour Abbas after the 2021 elections, and asked Naftali Bennett to promote the move. According to her, only Bezalel Smotrich's opposition prevented it.

Former Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked reveals in an interview with the "Asneheim" program that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to form a government with the support of Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Ra'am party, after the 2021 elections. According to her, Netanyahu asked Naftali Bennett to promote the move and even approach the rabbis of religious Zionism, but Bezalel Smotrich blocked him. Shaked described her attempts to convince Gideon Sa'ar to join the coalition, but he refused due to his commitment not to sit in a government headed by Netanyahu. The article presents only Shaked's version, without comment from the other parties involved.