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Netanyahu calls for Israeli unity government, Eisenkot dismisses 'tricks'
Yahoo • • world
Key Points:
- Israel's caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a national unity government with his opponent Gadi Eisenkot to address security threats, particularly from Iran, but Eisenkot dismissed the appeal as a political ruse.
- Eisenkot, tasked with forming a government within 28 days, is negotiating to build a coalition that may include Netanyahu's Likud party and Religious Zionism but insists on excluding extremists and Arab parties.
- Netanyahu warned against Eisenkot's plan to form a minority "national emergency government" relying on abstentions from Arab and ultra-Orthodox parties, calling it weak and dangerous.
- Eisenkot criticized Netanyahu's campaign against Arab-Israeli parties as racist and divisive, emphasizing the need to break with far-right extremists for any government under his leadership.
- A key upcoming issue is the election of the Knesset speaker, with Eisenkot urging Likud and allies to support his candidate Matan Kahana to demonstrate a genuine political partnership.
