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Benny Gantz rebukes Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to form unity coalition

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Benny Gantz rebukes Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to form unity coalition

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces prison time if he is unable to remain in power and be granted immunity.

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz.

9/20/19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political setback on Thursday when his chief rival, Benny Gantz, rejected his offer to form a unity coalition together. Netanyahu reached out to Gantz Thursday in a video clip in which he asked the Blue and White party leader to help him "set up a broad unity government," "demonstrate responsibility" and "pursue cooperation." Gantz responded to Netanyahu's request by saying he would only lead a "liberal" coalition, a statement which excluded the ultra-Orthodox political bloc on whom Netanyahu has relied throughout his tenure. Moshe Yaalon, another Blue and White leader, added that the party would not enter into a coalition led by Netanyahu because of the corruption charges against him. Netanyahu replied that he was "surprised and disappointed" by the response from Gantz's team. "Gantz isn’t refusing, actually," Natan Sachs, the director for Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, told Salon by email when asked about Gantz's move. "He’s rebuffing Netanyahu’s rather disingenuous call for national unity after Netanyahu formed a bloc with the whole right-religious camp. Gantz is very open to national unity but on different terms." Sachs added, "For Gantz to be prime minister, he likely needs a national unity government with the Likud, but that need not necessarily be the Likud led by Netanyahu."

Netanyahu's political future in Israel is precarious despite his distinction of being the Middle Eastern country's longest-serving prime minister. Earlier this year, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the prime minister on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust, allegations which could land Netanyahu in jail should he be convicted. To stave off a prison sentence, Netanyahu has pushed for an immunity bill, which would shield him from prosecution while he serves as prime minister. It is unclear who will lead Israel after the elections held earlier this week. With 95 percent of votes counted, the Likud-led coalition supporting Netanyahu were poised to control 55 of parliament's 120 seats while 56 seats were likely to be controlled by the center-left alliance supporting Gantz. After all of the votes have been counted, President Reuven Rivlin will consult all of the parties who won representation in the Knesset and allow a party leader up to 42 days to form a new government.
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IMHO, the sooner Netanyahu departs the scene the better.
 
Rogue Valley said:
IMHO, the sooner Netanyahu departs the scene the better.
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The source you're using seems to have no clue.
Bibi made the offer not because he thought Gantz would accept it. He's preparing the ground for his campaign line in the apparently possible third round of elections after no one would be able to form a coalition of 61 seats again - saying that the country is going through this over and over again because of Gantz and his refusal to sit alongside Netanyahu in a unity government.
 
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Apocalypse said:
The source you're using seems to have no clue.
Bibi made the offer not because he thought Gantz would accept it. He's perparing the ground for his campaign line in the apparently possible third round of elections after no one would be able to form a coalition of 61 seats again - saying that the country is going this over and over again because of Gantz and his refusal to sit alongside Netanyahu in a unity government.
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Here is an idea: why not form a coalition government that includes the Arab parties
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
Here is an idea: why not form a coalition government that includes the Arab parties
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Gantz may perhaps do this if push comes to shove with Netanyahu over a unity governing coalition.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
Any of the current major parties?
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Blue and White has 33
Likud has 31
The Ultra-Orthodox parties (Shas and Yahadut Ha'Tora) have 17
Joint List (Arab parties) has 13
Yisrael Beiteinu has 8
Yamina has 7
Labor - Gesher have 6
Dem Union have 5

Go ahead. Try and form a 61 coalition here that includes the Arab parties.
 
Apocalypse said:
Blue and White has 33
Likud has 31
The Ultra-Orthodox parties (Shas and Yahadut Ha'Tora) have 17
Joint List (Arab parties) has 13
Yisrael Beiteinu has 8
Yamina has 7
Labor - Gesher have 6
Dem Union have 5

Go ahead. Try and form a 61 coalition here that includes the Arab parties.
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And remember. The Arab parties are not moderates or even traditional left or right ideologues. They are radicals and often anti state radicals at that.

Too bad the Arab polity doesn’t have the maturity to seek more reasonable elected representatives, but I don’t see how any government forms a coalition with them in their present form.


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As long as Bibi gets thrown in prison, I'm happy.
The Likud will recover and maybe they won't pick such a corrupt and one-dimensional authoritarian this time.
The problem is Bibi, not the Likud, although for me Likud is far too right wing.
But as Israel is a coalition style government, anyone and everyone will HAVE to form a coalition with them one way or another.

Bibi does not want to go to prison, he will say or do anything to prevent that happening.
Politics is taking a back seat to Bibi's self-preservation at any cost, just like his buddy here in America.
 
The solution is to form a unity government with Likud but without Netanyahu. Make Likud an offer they can't refuse but stipulate that Netanyahu will have no special role or legal protection in the Unity Government until he is acquitted of all the charges pending against him. Once that's done then Likud and B&W can get about the governing of the country. Divide and rule.

Cheers.
Evilroddy.
 
Without Netanyahu in charge we are going to see very bad things happen in Israel.
First of all the election was totally rigged by the more liberal forces that be.
 
Iron_Merc said:
Without Netanyahu in charge we are going to see very bad things happen in Israel.
First of all the election was totally rigged by the more liberal forces that be.
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And good things have happened under Neytanyahu? What happened to the Oslo Accords he decided to renege on-possibly the only positive thing about his entire tenure, and he blew it to satisfy both his political ambition and to appease his voter base. That's the self-serving bastard in a nutshell.
 
Iron_Merc said:
Without Netanyahu in charge we are going to see very bad things happen in Israel.
First of all the election was totally rigged by the more liberal forces that be.
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Do you have a source for this "information", or did God come to you in a fever dream.
 
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