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2 ministers call for Liberman to join right-wing coalition
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Two members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet call for Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman to join a future right-wing coalition.
Speaking with Radio Galei Yisrael, Settlements and National Projects Minister Orit Strock of the far-right Religious Zionism party rejects any future partnership with former prime minister Naftali Bennett but says that “Liberman could have been a political partner long ago. If he wants to return to the right-wing bloc, we will be very happy.”
Responding to Strock’s comments on Twitter, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli of Netanyahu’s Likud declares that he agrees “one hundred percent” and that “the time has come to form a government of 65–70 seats based on right-wing parties, without sectoral extortion and without the need for spineless political weathervanes.”
Speaking with Channel 12 yesterday, Liberman ruled out forming a coalition with Arab or ultra-Orthodox parties but said that while he does not rule out Likud or Religious Zionism as potential allies in a future coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu is not a partner.”
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