Likud: Immunity was not raised during meeting with Gantz

Likud is denying Blue and White Benny Gantz’s claim that during an earlier meeting in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Netanyahu refused to commit to refrain from seeking immunity from prosecution.

The party also says the matter of the 55-MK bloc of right-wing and religious parties supporting Netanyahu — and without whom he has said he won’t join a government — was not raised. Blue and White has said the bloc is a major sticking point in negotiations between the parties, and also refuses to serve under a premier facing indictment.

“The issue of the basic guidelines [of the government] did not come up during the meeting, or the bloc, and Netanyahu did not at all address the issue of immunity,” Likud says. “These are Gantz’s excuses to prevent a unity government, simply because Yair Lapid is unwilling.”