Netanyahu, on the verge of being overthrown, says he will lead a Zionist-Haredi 'unity government'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lost the right to form a coalition government to the opposition leader and is on the verge of being dethroned, has again expressed his will to form a 'unity government' involving Zionist and Haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) parties.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said this in a video statement distributed by the Prime Minister's Office on the 9th (local time), the day after President Yitzhak Herzog granted the authority to form a government to opposition bloc leader Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief of staff.

“I do not exclude anyone, and no one should exclude anyone else,” he said, adding, “We must lead a government in which all political parties from the conservative right camp, including the largest party, Likud, participate.”

He added that he is ready to immediately engage in dialogue with any political party willing to discuss his proposal.

Previously, Prime Minister Netanyahu made the same claim on the 7th, before President Herzog announced that he would delegate sculpting authority to Representative Eisenkot.

At the time, Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized that the government he led must include all allies who participated in the existing coalition, including far-right extremist parties and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.