Blue and White said open to joining emergency government led by Netanyahu

Members of the Blue and White party are not ruling out joining a government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu amid the coronavirus crisis, in an apparent softening of their stance toward the Likud leader.

“We’re prepared to join an emergency government on the condition it is comprised equally of the right-wing and center-left blocs, or only leans on Likud and Blue and White,” Blue and White sources tell the Haaretz daily.

“We’ll agree to sit in an emergency government under Netanyahu that has a short expiration date — or a government that serves for four years and includes a rotation [of prime ministers],” the sources add.

Gantz has opposed joining a government led by Netanyahu during Israel’s prolonged political deadlock due to the premier’s legal woes, a stance the Blue and White reiterated after elections earlier this month.