Published: 30 September 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu phones Gantz in ‘last effort’ after unity talks end without progress (Times of Israel)
Likud says rival leaders to meet Wednesday for last-ditch discussions on forming joint government; PM’s pre-indictment hearing begins the same day
If Centre-left forms government with Haredis, we may support it, Arab Israeli MK says (Haaretz)
Joint List lawmaker Ahmad Tibi says his alliance would support a government 'from the outside,' which means it would not actually be part of a ruling coalition
Rivlin must decide if he's a nice guy or a great president (Ynet)
BARUCH LESHEM: With Israel facing the prospect of a third election in less than a year, the president needs to prove he truly is the defender of democracy he says he is and publicly call for Netanyahu to step aside until he gets his legal affairs in order
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Has Netanyahu’s succession war already started? (Al-Monitor)
AKIVA ELDAR: Senior Likud members are terrified of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and won’t launch a succession war, but there are incidents that indicate some of them are testing the waters
Poll: 52% want Netanyahu to stand down as Likud leader to enable unity coalition (Times of Israel)
Rather than go to 3rd election in a year, 63% want the deadlocked Likud and Blue and White parties to compromise on their positions
Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says (Jerusalem Post)
Sixty-nine percent of respondents also said that support for religious freedom was a significant factor in their vote last week.
Benny Gantz, Reuven Rivlin and Benjamin Netanyahu at the President's residence on September 25 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
