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Netanyahu's unity appeal draws praise for strategy, doubts about governing

A morning-show panel sees electoral calculation behind the proposal and questions whether parties without shared policies could govern together.

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0:09Netanyahu calls for a broad unity government led by the largest party and urges mutual political inclusion.
0:46Molev interprets the appeal as a strategy to prepare public opinion ahead of the next election.
1:31Meir raises reports about Eisenkot and possible negotiations over the parliamentary speaker's position.
2:00Gmenkov questions whether parties without ideological cohesion could govern effectively, citing the experience involving Gantz.
3:53Molev argues that Yahav's military-service legislative proposal cannot work under the political circumstances he describes.

Benjamin Netanyahu's call for a broad unity government has prompted two different questions among television panelists: whether it is clever politics, and whether it could produce a workable coalition.

On Israel's ערוץ 14 (Channel 14), the morning programme Israel HaBoker opens with the prime minister advocating an inclusive government led by the largest party. He says unity is necessary and urges politicians not to rule one another out.

The discussion then turns from Netanyahu's stated goal to what his appeal might achieve. Ashriel Molev, introduced as a current-affairs and legal commentator and former member of the Shin Bet domestic security service, calls Netanyahu a political genius. His interpretation is that the prime minister is preparing public opinion for the next election, rather than simply pursuing an immediate agreement.

Host Tal Meir sounds less confident about the prospects of forming such a government. She raises reports concerning Gadi Eisenkot and possible negotiations over the parliamentary speaker's position. Eisenkot, a former military chief, led the Yashar party into the election as Netanyahu's principal challenger. The segment does not announce an agreement.

Anna Gmenkov, a researcher on Russia and Eastern Europe, questions the governing logic of the proposal. Citing the experience involving Benny Gantz, she asks whether a coalition without ideological cohesion could function. Gantz previously served alongside Netanyahu as defense minister and alternate prime minister.

The closing exchanges identify practical obstacles beneath the unity language. Molev criticizes political concessions involving ultra-Orthodox and Arab parties, then rejects a military-service legislative proposal attributed to Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav as unworkable in the political circumstances he describes. The argument ends with the difficulty of assembling common policies, not just assembling enough parties.

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