Tibi reveals messages he says he received from Netanyahu associate before elections

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In an interview on Channel 12, MK Ahmad Tibi of the Joint List claimed that Nathan Eshel, a associate of the prime minister, contacted him before and during election day. Tibi displayed messages he said he received from him, and said: "You wanted to dissuade us from joining Eisenkot."

According to Tibi, the messages also included an attempt to persuade him not to support the defendant law. "You hypocrite, you wanted to persuade us not to support the defendant law," Tibi said on air, addressing Netanyahu through the screen: "We don't want elections, we want to get rid of you."

Tibi claimed that a minister in the government approached him personally. The Likud told the program's staff: "Absolute lie."