Maariv learns: Likud officials approached Liberman in an attempt to promote unity with Netanyahu - and were met with refusal
Maariv has learned that Likud officials approached Avigdor Liberman in an attempt to promote unity with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and were met with refusal. Liberman continues to support Gadi Eisenkot for forming the government, rejects a government dependent on the Arab parties, and clarifies: there is no obstacle to sitting with Likud without Netanyahu.
Maariv has learned that Likud officials approached Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman in an attempt to promote unity with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and were met with refusal. Liberman continues to support Gadi Eisenkot for forming the government. Alongside a willingness for compromises to prevent further elections, he rejects a government dependent on the Arab parties and clarifies that there is no obstacle to sitting with Likud without Netanyahu. Liberman opposes forming a government that depends on the Arab parties, including through their abstention in the vote on its establishment. According to him, he will not agree to rely on parties that are unwilling to define Hamas as a terrorist organization. In his view, the goal is not limited to swearing in a government, but ensuring its ability to serve four years, pass a budget, and approve the Judea and Samaria regulations. Against the backdrop of the fact that the change bloc did not achieve 61 seats, Liberman expresses willingness for compromises with the Haredim, while maintaining his principles. On the conscription issue, he insists on advancing a law that will pass the High Court test. His agenda for the new Knesset includes replacing the Knesset Speaker, electing a State Comptroller, limiting the prime minister's term to two terms, and subsequently repealing the judicial overhaul laws. He further demands that the government's first decision be the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre.