UPDATE: Yashar Denies Rotation Deal With Likud Ahead of Sunday's Coalition Talks

Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party denied Sunday that it was considering a rotation agreement with Likud, saying the only proposal on the table is for Likud to join a government led by Eisenkot, according to reports.

The clarification came ahead of a meeting planned Sunday between the parties' negotiating teams to discuss a possible unity government. No coalition agreement or rotation deal was announced.

Earlier reports had said that Yashar was weighing a proposal under which Eisenkot would serve first as prime minister. That report was unconfirmed and did not identify which Likud figure would take part in a rotation.

Yashar said prospective partners must accept its four principles: recognition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, acceptance of the Declaration of Independence, mandatory military or civilian service for all, and recognition of Hamas as a terrorist organization with a commitment to dismantling its military and governing capabilities.

The party also repeated that partners must separate from extremists, without naming specific people in its latest statement.

The statement is the latest development in the coalition talks. Tachlis Daily previously reported on Eisenkot's two-hour security briefing with Netanyahu. Sunday's denial does not settle whether the sides can agree on a government or who would join it.