Tête à tête - Israeli election: 'Netanyahu did not win, he lost dramatically,' former PM Barak says
- In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "did not win" this week's election in Israel but "lost dramatically", and that his rival Gadi Eisenkot should ally with Arab parties.
- Barak also suggested that claims of Qatari funding for an Arab party aimed to distract from an ongoing corruption scandal, and warned that Netanyahu was ready to strike Iran to stay in power.
- Speaking to FRANCE 24 from Tel Aviv, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said that, counting the Arab parties, Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents won 67 seats, a
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- In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "did not win" this week's election in Israel but "lost dramatically", and that his rival Gadi Eisenkot should ally with Arab parties.
- Barak also suggested that claims of Qatari funding for an Arab party aimed to distract from an ongoing corruption scandal, and warned that Netanyahu was ready to strike Iran to stay in power.
- Speaking to FRANCE 24 from Tel Aviv, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak said that, counting the Arab parties, Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents won 67 seats, a
Sources: France 24