A secret pact has formed between Labor and Yesh Atid, according to MK Eitan Cabel (Labor) - with both parties agreeing not to mudsling at each other, similar to the pact formed between Likud and Jewish Home.
Cabel revealed the agreement during an interview on the Tel Aviv 102FM radio show "Knesset Friday," whereby he said "there is a truce with [Yesh Atid Chairman Yair] Lapid."
He made the remark immediately after smearing Lapid, however, saying that "it turns out the Israeli public has apparently matured; not all that glitters now is gold. In this sense, it has already seen Lapid."
Cabel also noted in the interview that, in Labor's view, former Likud MK Moshe Kahlon's new Kulanu party could be crucial for forming a left-wing coalition.
"We have an interest to get as many votes as possible, and we don't know who would follow us [into a coalition] in the end," he said. "At the end, common sense is what you need to lead you. We have no interest in furthering our own agenda, the goal is simply to replace [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu."
Cabel concluded by relating to calls for Labor party leader Yitzhak Herzog - who is convinced he will become the next prime minister of Israel - to be investigated over his role in a nineties-era corruption affair with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
"There were rules, and Herzog followed according to what the law allowed him," Cabel insisted. "There is no reason that he should bear the sins of others on his shoulders, if the law was the same today he would act differently."
Cabel added, however, that if he were in Herzog's shoes, he would have acted differently, "but I don't ask him about it."