Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on rival Benny Gantz to help form a unity government in Israel after neither gained enough seats to make a ruling coalition on their own.
Netanyahu told Gantz to meet him “at any hour today” in order to hold discussions, saying, “We must form a broad unity government,” according to Haaretz.
The comments mark a reversal for Netanyahu, who had previously hoped to win enough seats in Tuesday’s parliamentary elections to form a ruling coalition with other right-wing parties and had at first ruled out working with centrists.

Gantz, however, has expressed interest in a unity government but only with him at the helm. He has specifically ruled out joining a coalition with Netanyahu.

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{Matzav.com}