Opposition leader Yair Lapid indicated he is open to the possibility of forming a broad political alliance within Israel’s center-left bloc, including potential cooperation with former prime minister Naftali Bennett and former IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot.

During a closed Zoom call with senior campaign staff from his Yesh Atid party, Lapid addressed future political strategies and suggested that a large unified party could be on the table.

According to a report by Kan News, Lapid said he does not rule out joining forces with Bennett or Eisenkot, who currently leads the Yashar party.

“Everything is possible between the three of us, there could be a full or partial union,” Lapid said during the call, which took place on Monday.

However, earlier in the day, Lapid was also reported to have sharply criticized those same figures, highlighting tensions despite the talk of unity.

“In contrast to Bennett, who ran away before the elections, Eisenkot who ran away in the middle of the term and in the middle of the struggle over the draft law, and Golan who is not a member of Knesset — we stayed in the Knesset and did not run away,” he said.

Lapid added that until now his party had refrained from responding publicly out of a sense of solidarity within the broader political camp, but had now decided to change its approach.

“Today we are saying what we have not said all along, because we are tired of the fact that in return the camp has gone after us,” he said.