Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Monday, April 20, 2020
Gantz: ‘We prevented fourth elections. We will protect democracy’
In his first comment following signing a unity government agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu, Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz says that the move has prevented further elections during the global pandemic.
“We prevented fourth elections. We will protect democracy. We will fight the coronavirus and take care of all Israeli citizens,” he writes on Twitter.
“There is a national emergency government,” he says.