Deri also turns down Gantz offer to meet, says he’s ‘represented by the bloc’

Gantz now calls Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, and reiterates his commitment to forming a broad government.

He also invites Deri to meet.

“The minister responded that he is represented by [Netanyahu’s right-wing] bloc,” a Blue and White statement says.

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