Blue and White leader Benny Gantz refuses to say if he will support a no-confidence motion to pull the plug on a government in which his strained ties with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have increasingly come to the fore.
Instead, Gantz, appearing on Channel 12, appears to hold out hope that the government can begin to function, saying that he should be prime minister in a year according to a coalition agreement between him and Netanyahu.
“I am not giving up on the rotation … it’s what the country needs,” he says.
However, he allows that the government will collapse “if it looks like the budget won’t be passed by December 23.”
He denies that the timing of his decision to launch a probe into the submarine acquisitions scandal, which concerns allegations against Netanyahu, is politically motivated to pressure the prime minister.
Rather, he claims that there is “new information,” that has come to light regarding the affair, without offering details.
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