Jerusalem, 12 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel Prize laureate and former presidential candidate Miriam Peretz said Thursday that her son, MK Elisaf Peretz (Yashar), would resign from the Knesset if Gadi Eisenkot’s party formed a government with an Arab party.
“If his party sits with an Arab party, he will leave the Knesset. He said that,” she told Israeli media.
Peretz said her son had faced intense pressure since joining Yashar, particularly in recent days. She added that if fundamental questions arose that conflicted with his values, she trusted him to follow the path on which he was raised, emphasizing that he represented not only himself but also his family.
Peretz, who lost the 2021 Knesset presidential vote to Isaac Herzog, lost two sons in military service. Uriel was killed in South Lebanon in 1998, and Eliraz in Gaza in 2010. Peretz’s husband, Eliezer, developed a serious illness and died as well.
