Knesset Member and Former Deputy Chief of Staff Will Continue to Run Third in the List • At the same time, no progress has been made in contacts with MK Autumn Shapir, who heads the Green Party

• MK Yair Golan // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

MK Yair Golan will be placed third in the Democratic camp list - the same place he occupied in the list in the previous elections - so it was agreed between him and Meretz. The current move was not a surprise: MK Golan already reached a week ago with Meretz negotiators regarding his position.

Golan's name was mentioned last month when at work-bridge we explored the possibility of adding the former deputy chief of staff to their list as the senior security figure.

At the same time, contacts with MK Shapiro Shafir, who heads the Green Party, are not on track. A senior party official noted that "unlike Golan, who did not meet any demands, Shafir does not do so and it is a pity. That clearly could hurt us later. "

MK Ben Shafir // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

On the other hand, in a statement issued yesterday (Saturday), MK Shapir said: "In recent days, senior Meretz officials who are not interested in the continued existence of the democratic camp, and are hiding behind 'parties', 'associates' and other laundered nicknames, spread absolute lies that I have allegedly demanded In negotiations with Meretz. I will be clear: there was and was not created. I did not make one demand, other than the request not to dismantle the existing format of the democratic camp, and to continue the elections in the same way. "

MK Shapir also noted that "anyone who wants to hear what came up in the talks will be able to hear it from me and the party's executive director Yael Cohen Faran in the most accurate and transparent way, without any cowardly methods."