Yamina’s boss, Naftali Bennett, and Yesh Atid’s leader, Yair Lapid, concluded their long-awaited coalition negotiation meeting early on Sunday. The meeting was supposedly positive and another meeting will be held soon. The two met the day after the leader Yamina sat down with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who, like Lapid, is trying to court Bennett to form a government after the elections. On the other hand, he is also considering establishing a political bloc of right and center parties. According to the N12, this bloc will consist of its Yamina Party, Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope Party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party. In total, this would represent 21 seats, which would exceed the 17 occupied by Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party and would give Bennett more influence in the negotiations.
On Saturday night, at a Mimouna celebration, Netanyahu praised his success in bringing coronavirus vaccines to Israel and warned of the challenges the country faces, including the Iranian nuclear program.
“In the face of these challenges and the incredible opportunities that are before us, we need a stable right-wing government for years that takes care of the citizens of Israel, this is what is needed now and if God wants, we will achieve this, and I believe that is possible, ”said Netanyahu.
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Netanyahu was expected to offer Bennett important ministerial positions and a merger of Bennett’s Yamina with Netanyahu’s Likud. But he was not expected to offer Bennett what he seeks: a rotation as prime minister.
Bennett refused to reveal his intentions when he spoke to reporters in the Prime Minister’s Office before the meeting.
“We [in Yamina] we have an objective, which is to form a good and stable government that will help Israeli citizens as quickly as possible, “said Bennett.” We will do everything possible to make it happen “.
Leader of the Zionist religious party Bezalel Smotrich reiterated on Friday morning that his party would not sit in a government with Ra’am or “other supporters of terror” after Abbas gave a speech in Hebrew on Thursday calling for coexistence .
“Forming a government that will depend on Ra’am and Abbas will be a disaster and weeping for generations and we will not allow it to be formed,” said Smotrich, calling on Sa’ar and Bennett to join a right-wing government led by Netanyahu.