Bennett says coalition broadcaster spat ‘nearly over’

​Education Minister Naftali Bennett says a spat between Prime Minsiter Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon over the new public broadcaster that has threatened to bring down the government is “nearly over.”

Speaking at his Jewish Home Knesset faction’s weekly meeting, Bennett says he doesn’t expect elections in the near future.

​”​Since​ Saturday night,​ there have been​ determined​ efforts to end this unnecessary crisis​ and I can say now​, with caution, that this coalition crisis is nearly over​,​​​”​ he says.

“​We ​[in the Jewish Home] ​have been told that we ​ would benefit most from elections but we ​have ​decide​d​ that it’s not good for the citizens of Israel. We have done a lot​ in government​ and we have a lot to ​still ​do​,” he adds.

— Raoul Wootliff