Coalition heads urge opposition to continue overhaul talks: ‘Stop setting ultimatums’

Coalition chiefs call on the opposition to continue negotiations on its overhaul plan that President Isaac Herzog is brokering, as they push to delay the selection of candidates to the Judicial Selections Committee in a move that opposition figures have warned could lead them to break off talks.

In a statement, coalition leaders blame MK Tally Gotliv of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party for not withdrawing her candidacy, claiming they therefore had “no choice” but to work to push off the appointment of two lawmakers to the panel for a month.

Noting that the opposition has said the negotiations are caput if the coalition selects two of its own to the committee rather than one coalition MK and one opposition MK as is customary, the coalition says: “This didn’t happen.”

“Coalition heads call on the opposition to stop setting ultimatums and excuses to blow up the talks,” the statement says.