Former Shas leader MK Eli Yishai explained that there is an absolute lack of trust between him and party leader MK Aryeh Deri, referring to it as a crisis.

Speak with Knesset Channel reported Nechama Dweck, Yishai stated “No one is naïve. There is deep crisis of confidence and as a result, things were not simple for the threesome that ran the party following the petira of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L. I will do my best to unite the ranks. Time will tell if he makes similar efforts. Time will tell.”

Knesset Channel:

Will your name appear on the Shas roster I the next election?

Yishai:

Time will tell.

Yishai then talks about the time period when Deri returned, reentering the political arena and usurping the party leadership from under him. He explains “I closed that black box on what took place and how, but when the time comes, if the situation requires, I will open it. Now I have nothing to say”.

Unlike Deri who prefers to discard the integrity of most polls showing Shas fall into the single digits, Yishai admits he is quite concerned and feels the party must face harsh realities. Yishai does not feel saving the current government is a viable option, which concurs with statements from Yahadut Hatorah MKs who tell the media the chareidi parties will not enter the coalition to save Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

It appears the chareidi parties are resigned to new elections.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)