Yair Golan meets Mansour Abbas

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Democrats chair Yair Golan and Ra'am chair Mansour Abbas met and discussed building a partnership and forming a government of repair and rescue, according to Channel 14 and Srugim. According to Srugim, the two expressed a commitment to act quickly and resolutely to form the government.

According to Kan News, Ra'am is expressing willingness to recommend Eisenkot to form the government. According to Israel Hayom, Golan later met with Lapid, Abbas and Eisenkot, for the first time since the elections, to coordinate moves.

According to Channel 14, the meeting took place while seven suspects are being questioned on suspicion of election bribery in favor of Ra'am, and a separate suspicion of foreign interference and illegal financing is being examined.