Netanyahu meets Likud rival Gideon Sa’ar

Netanyahu meets with his chief rival in the Likud party, Gideon Sa’ar, in the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

In a brief statement, the Likud party says “the meeting dealt with the political issue and the efforts to establish a national unity government and avert a dangerous minority government.”

Sa’ar is the only member of the ruling party to declare that he will run against Netanyahu in the event that leadership primaries are called.

Sources close to Netanyahu have in the past accused Sa’ar of seeking to orchestrate a “coup” against the prime minister.

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