President Reuven Rivlin continues his round of consultations with party representatives about tasking a lawmaker with forming a new government, meeting MKs Moshe Ya’alon, Karine Elharrar and Avi Nissenkorn of the centrist Blue and White party, who say the party recommends its leader Benny Gantz as the next prime minister.
The lawmakers slam the fact that Likud’s unity government and emergency coalition proposals were sent minutes before the round of consultations began, suggesting they aren’t serious and are only meant to cause the mostly-Arab Joint List party to think talks are ongoing and to refrain from recommending Gantz as a result.
They also criticize the government’s decision to curb the activity of the courts just two days before the scheduled start of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial, leading to a two-month postponement.
They say they are willing to join a unity government, but voice concerns over it being led by someone facing criminal charges.
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