Herzog: No coalition negotiations while PM talking to Liberman

18 May 2016, 2:54 pm

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Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog says there will be no coalition negotiations while the PM is also negotiating with Liberman. He says that Netanyahu has a choice between the hawkish Liberman and the pro-peace Zionist Union.

“If Netanyahu wants to bring Liberman into the government, then let him do it,” Herzog says at a televised press conference. “We will take them apart from the opposition.”

Referring to yesterday’s statements by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi regarding a new push to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Herzog says that “the Egyptian president does not work for me or for Netanyahu,” and adds: “The chance to make the most of this chance is now in Netanyahu’s hands.”