A national unity government may be a long shot — and Israel's only hope of avoiding a third election
Hoping to stave off a third election, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said Monday that he was encouraging the two leading political parties to join forces and form a national unity government.
A total of 61 seats are required to form a government and become prime minister. Rivlin, whose position is usually ceremonial, is tasked with choosing the candidate he believes has the best chance of achieving that.He summoned Gantz and Netanyahu to his residence on Monday evening with the aim of persuading them to join forces.
Avigdor Lieberman, a former defense minister who heads the nationalist and secular Jewish Home party, told reporters a possible agreement is being held up because “both want to serve first.”Gantz promised voters he would not serve in a government alongside Netanyahu as long as a legal cloud hangs over the prime minister, who is expected to be indicted on a raft of corruption charges after a hearing scheduled for Oct. 2.
The other three belong to Balad, a faction of the majority-Arab Joint List party, which won a total of 13 Knesset seats.
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