Israel, Netanyahu: "Open to dialogue for a broad national government"

The Israeli prime minister said he was "open to dialogue" after the elections of recent days which returned a political framework without a majority, with 53 seats assigned to Netanyahu's bloc and 48 to Gadi Eisenkot's Change bloc. “The Israeli public does not want a government that depends on Ra'am and the Joint List, parties that support terrorism and reject the existence of the Jewish state,” Netanyahu said

“Our goal is to form a broad government.” This was said by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the elections of recent days which returned a political framework without a majority, with 53 seats assigned to the Prime Minister's bloc and 48 to Gadi Eisenkot's Change bloc. “The Israeli public does not want a government that depends on Ra'am and the Joint List, parties that support terrorism and reject the existence of the Jewish state,” Netanyahu added in a post on X.

Netanyahu: "I am open to dialogue"

The prime minister then underlined that "from day one, we have held out our hand for the formation of a broad national government". Then he reiterated: "A clear majority of Jewish public opinion has chosen Likud as the first party and has chosen me to lead the next government." The goal of Netanyahu, who said he was "open to dialogue", is "to form a broad government, together with our partners and any other party that wishes to join, as long as it does not support terrorism".