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Kahana welcomes coalition partners, but questions unity under Netanyahu

The Yashar politician says Gadi Eisenkot should lead a broad government, arguing that most lawmakers want a different prime minister.

Channel: ynet Hebrew channel ·

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Matan Kahana says his party is not excluding anyone from coalition talks. But when asked about a unity government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, he challenges the premise: why should Netanyahu remain at its head?

In a short interview with Israel's news outlet ynet, Kahana sets out the goal of a broad Zionist government led by Gadi Eisenkot. He says anyone willing to accept the party's principles is welcome to join.

Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party and a former Israeli military chief of staff, was Netanyahu's main challenger in the election. Kahana argues that most members of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, do not want Netanyahu to continue and have chosen Eisenkot to form a government. Those are Kahana's assertions about parliamentary support, rather than an announcement of a completed coalition.

The interviewer presses him on Netanyahu's proposed unity government. Kahana's response makes a distinction between accepting potential partners and accepting Netanyahu as prime minister: his invitation is broad, but the government he advocates would have new leadership.

The accompanying report says the change bloc is also working to appoint Kahana as Knesset speaker. It refers to four principles for joining the proposed government, although Kahana does not spell them out in this brief exchange.

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