Israel At Risk Of Elections As Likud, Blue And White Negotiations Collapse

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 12/21/20 | News Source: i24

Defense Min. Gantz issues ultimatum to Netanyahu with five demands, else parliament will dissolve

Negotiations between the Likud and Blue and White parties have collapsed as Israel looks more certainly to head into its fourth elections in less than two years, Hebrew media reported on Monday.

According to i24NEWS correspondent Owen Alterman, Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz does not have enough votes within his party to approve delaying parliament’s dissolution until at least December 31.

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As a result, the Blue and White leader issued an ultimatum to the Likud with five demands, adding that he does not think Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will consent.

Netanyahu “is supposed to get back to me. I think he will say ‘no’ and the Knesset [Israel Parliament] will dissolve tomorrow,” Gantz told his party members, according to outlet Walla News.Read more at i24