Netanyahu: Unity Government Is Answer to MKs Who Walked Out During 'Hatikvah'
- 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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Interim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a new appeal on Saturday to his political rival Gadi Eisenkot for the formation of a government of national unity, claiming that Israel needs strong leadership to deal with the threat posed by Iran. In a message published on X, Netanyahu warned that Tehran is trying to relaunch its nuclear program and promised to eliminate this threat "once and for all.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday repeated calls to form a national unity government with his opponent Gadi Eisenkot and vowed once again to eliminate the threat posed by Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday repeated calls to form a national unity government with his opponent Gadi Eisenkot and vowed once again to eliminate the threat posed by Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again pleaded Saturday for the formation of a government of national unity together with his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, considering that this is the only way to "guarantee Israel's security in the face of Iran, whose threat promises to eliminate it" once and for all, reports AFP.
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