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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Sources say Blue and White forced to accept postponement of swearing-in
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBlue and White sources tell The Times of Israel that party leader Benny Gantz first found out about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “request” to delay the swearing in of the new government from the media, thus forcing him to accept.
“We knew there was a mess at Likud but there was no formal request to move [the swearing in ceremony] to Sunday,” an official in the party says.
“But once it was out there, it became impossible to say no,” they add.
An MK from the party, who asked to remain anonymous, adds that communication from Likud throughout the day has been “at a bare minimum.”
— Raoul Wootliff
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