The negotiations on the establishment of a national unity government in Israel have reached an impasse.
The negotiations between representatives of Gadi Eisenkot's party and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud did not produce results. This was reported by the Israeli television channels 12 and 13.
According to Channel 12, during the meeting, Ishar's senior member of parliament Chili Troper told Likud representatives that Eisenkot intends to form a government no matter what happens. An official in the Ishar party told the TV channel that Likud apparently still did not realize that they had lost the elections. Likud representatives, in turn, insisted that a possible government of national unity should include all the parties of Netanyahu's current bloc.
At the same time, within the camp advocating a change of power, there is no single position regarding cooperation with the current prime minister.
The leader of the Beitenu Israel party, Avigdor Lieberman, according to Channel 13, opposed negotiations with the Likud, calling them Netanyahu's trap for Eisenkot. "The most important goal is to end the Netanyahu era. We are not interested in artificially keeping him alive," Lieberman said. He also emphasized that his party is ready to cooperate with Likud, but only after Netanyahu leaves the political arena.
The head of the Together party, Naftali Bennett, takes a different position. According to Channel 12, he advocates a more serious examination of the option of a national unity government with Netanyahu's participation. At the same time, Bennett insists that Gadi Eisenkot become the first prime minister under a rotation agreement. Bennett prefers this scenario to an alliance with Arab or ultra-Orthodox parties, but does not intend to join Likud without the support of partners in his political bloc.
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