PM: Coalition talks haven’t collapsed, process takes time

23 May 2016, 3:50 pm

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Netanyahu tells reporters that the coalition talks with Yisrael Beytenu have not collapsed and that the process takes time.

“There are negotiations, which have their ups and downs. It takes effort, and there are always crises. Nothing is collapsing, it takes time, my goal is a broad government,” the prime minister tells reporters at the Knesset, where his Likud party is holding a faction meeting.

“I suggest not giving in to mood swings, not losing hope, not succumbing to irritation. We have to join forces in as a broad government as possible, in order to to move ahead with the challenges and opportunities facing the State of Israel.”