Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz have signed a deal to form a unity government in which they would share the premiership under a rotation agreement. This news comes after three elections and 17 months of election campaigns and coalition negotiations. The deal between Netanyahu’s Likud Party and former military chief Benny Gantz’s Blue and White ends months of political paralysis and averts what would have been a fourth consecutive election in just over a year. After March 2 elections ended in a stalemate, the two leaders agreed late last month to try to form an “emergency” unity Cabinet to cope with the burgeoning coronavirus crisis. Ending weeks of negotiations, the sides announced a deal on Monday. Had they failed, the country likely would have been forced into another election. Terms of the agreement weren’t immediately announced. But Israeli media said it called for a three-year period — with Netanyahu serving as prime minister for the first half and Gantz taking the job for the second half. (AP / YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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