Netanyahu says only a unity government can guarantee Israel’s security Eisenkot, in charge of forming a government, dismisses the appeal as ‘tricks’ as talks and a Knesset speaker vote loom. Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his call for a national unity government with his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, saying only such a government can guarantee Israel’s security. In a video statement on Saturday, Netanyahu said a meeting with Eisenkot on Thursday “only strengthened the co
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Eisenkot, in charge of forming a government, dismisses the appeal as ‘tricks’ as talks and a Knesset speaker vote loom.
Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his call for a national unity government with his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, saying only such a government can guarantee Israel’s security.
In a video statement on Saturday, Netanyahu said a meeting with Eisenkot on Thursday “only strengthened the conviction that it is essential to form a national unity government”.
The prime minister said such a government could “eliminate the Iranian threat once and for all”, claiming Tehran would “not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against us”.
“Let’s meet in one room, without preconditions,” he said.
Within minutes, however, Eisenkot dismissed the appeal as a ploy.
A former army chief, Eisenkot said Netanyahu “knows he lost the election”.
“Netanyahu is calling for negotiations while they are already underway,” he said. “These tricks don’t work on me.”
Neither side won a majority in the October 27 election. Netanyahu’s right-wing and religious bloc took 53 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, Eisenkot’s four-party bloc got 48 seats, and Arab-led parties won a record 19.
President Isaac Herzog last week tasked Eisenkot with forming a government, after 67 lawmakers, including those from Arab-led parties, endorsed him, while 46 backed Netanyahu.
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