Netanyahu Renews Call for Unity Government with Opponent
Netanyahu urges a national unity deal as Eisenkot seeks support from Arab parties after winning backing from 67 lawmakers, officials said.
- On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot to join a national unity government and abandon alternative coalition efforts, requesting negotiations without preconditions.
- Netanyahu said his Thursday security briefing with Eisenkot reinforced his belief that a unity government is essential to "meet the enormous and complex security challenges before us."
- Proposing a "government of hope" as response to lawmakers who walked out during the national anthem "Hatikvah," Netanyahu added that military conscription issues could be resolved with Haredi representatives.
- Eisenkot, tasked by President Isaac Herzog with forming the next government, previously canceled negotiations with Likud, citing Netanyahu's "divisive rhetoric" at the Knesset swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday.
- Iran poses an existential threat to Israel, Netanyahu warned, arguing that Tehran will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons and concluding that "at this time we must act together" to eliminate it "once and for all.
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Benjamin Netanyahu insists on forming a government of national unity in Israel to confront the threat of Iran, but Gadi Eisenkot rejects his proposal and denounces political maneuvers.
Israel's current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterated on Saturday his calls to his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, for a government of national unity, according to AFP. In a video statement, Netanyahu claimed that the meeting he had with Eisenkot on Thursday strengthened him "the conviction that it is essential to form a government of national unity to ...
Cedarnews.net. . Premierul Israeliinterimar Benjamin Netanyahu a cerut sâmbătă formarea unui guvern de uniune națională, invocând amenințarea nucleară iraniană și. Cedarnews . .
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today invited his main political rival, Gadi Eisenkot, to enter a government of national unity, which would consist of all Jewish-majority parties, and warned him that a government that would rely on Arab parties would not be able to face the Iranian threat.
Eisenkot denounces a delegitimization campaign as he negotiates the formation of the new Israeli government with his allies
The opposition leader recalled that the conditions for joining an "emergency government" led by him are "the recognition of the principles" he has set and "the separation of extremists"
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