After reports on him weighing forgoing immunity, Likud claims Blue and White busy with ‘spin’

Minutes following Hebrew media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing announcing that he’ll forgo efforts to receive parliamentary immunity, his spokesman issues a statement saying that “Blue and White is in a spasm of spin after failing in every way possible to form a unity government and failing to form a minority government with Joint List leaders Ahmad Tibi and Ayman Odeh.”

“A few hours remain [before the deadline to prevent the year’s third election]. If Blue and White agrees to apply sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and other communities in Judea and Samaria, a government can be formed immediately and prevent elections,” the statement concludes.

Netanyahu has said that he would annex the Jordan Valley immediately if he is able to form a government. The latest statement from his spokesman adds his interest in annexing other settlements in the West Bank.