Blue and White MK says growing group within party favors breaking with Netanyahu

Blue and White MK Miki Haimovich says a growing group within Benny Gantz’s party is seriously considering dissolving the partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud, which would topple the current unity government and result in the fourth national elections since April 2019.

“In recent days there is a growing group inside Blue and White that is definitely thinking about the option of responsibly dissolving the partnership with Likud, without giving up the positions of power but with acting to replace Netanyahu,” Haimovich tells the Kan public broadcaster.

Haimovich’s office clarifies to Channel 12 that that means breaking with Likud only if Knesset elections are called. However, the remark marks an escalation of the current coalition crisis.

Meanwhile, Likud minister Zeev Elkin tells Army Radio that if Blue and White don’t allow the government to function, “there may be no choice but to go to elections.”