Israeli Elections
“After a three-year flood of tendentious, partial media leaks, the time has come for the public to hear everything, including my side,” says Israeli prime minister.
“We won’t be able to form a government unless we do it together,” said the Israeli prime minister, citing security, diplomatic and economic concerns. “The nation needs to be united and prepared.”
The Israeli prime minister, who leads the Likud Party, will have 28 days to form a new government.
And Avigdor Lieberman says Yisrael Beiteinu will never sit with “the ultra-Orthodox, the messianics, the Joint List or the Democratic Union.”
Adjustment comes after “real evidence” of electoral fraud is found in six northern Israeli towns; Division of Knesset seats between left- and right-wing blocs remains unchanged.
Trump administration officials say the political stalemate in Israel is leading to a significant missed opportunity from Israel’s perspective, hinting that things may change after the 2020 U.S. elections.
“This is not the time to exclude people. A shared and equal government is possible. It can and it must express the different voices in society,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
“The argument right now revolves around the question as to who should serve as prime minister first and who second. I hope President [Reuven] Rivlin succeeds in bridging both sides, and that a decision will be made on the matter,” said Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman.
“A broad unity government is the only feasible option,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to sit down for a “frank discussion.”
With Joint Arab List leader Ahmed Tibi’s confirmation that Balad Party MKs aren’t supporting “General Gantz,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back at the head of the line to form a government.
A majority of the Arab-Israeli public supports the Arab parties joining the government, and 65 percent feel proud of being Israeli, says study.
The Joint Arab List has reportedly presented the Blue and White Party with a list of demands in exchange for recommending that its leader, Benny Gantz, form the next government.
