❗️️️️️️️Eisenkot refuses to join Netanyahu-led government, even at Trump's request Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot has ruled out joining an Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even if US President Donald Trump personally requests it, Israel's public broadcaster KAN reported on 2 November, citing sources familiar with a recent closed-door meeting. “I will not sit in a government led by Netanyahu,” Eisenkot reportedly declared. While expressing willingness to meet Trump if invited, he rejected US interference in Israeli coalition negotiations, saying: “If Trump calls me, I will respect the president and come, but I will insist that this is an internal Israeli matter and will avoid interference.” The remarks follow reports that Trump's representatives have discussed forming a unity government involving Netanyahu and Eisenkot with Israeli officials. According to The Washington Post, Netanyahu told US officials that Eisenkot would be his preferred coalition partner if the war on Iran resumed, believing such a partnership could facilitate a more, so-called 'moderate' government. A Likud official also indicated that Trump wants a stable Israeli government established quickly following the 27 October election. The election produced a fractured Knesset, with Netanyahu's bloc securing 53 seats, opposition parties winning 48, and Arab parties holding 19. Opposition leaders Naftali Bennett, Yair Golan, and Avigdor Liberman have pledged to recommend Eisenkot to President Isaac Herzog to form the next government. Although support from Palestinian parties could theoretically give Eisenkot a 67-seat majority, disagreements over relying on their backing remain a major obstacle. Lieberman has rejected both a coalition dependent on Palestinian parties and a unity government with Netanyahu, leaving Israel's next government uncertain.