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24 SEPTEMBER 2019.
After two-hour meeting, Rivlin calls on party leaders to put nation first even if they end up paying personal price
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz took “significant strides” toward creating a national unity government, President Reuven Rivlin said following a two-hour meeting between the trio.
Negotiating teams for Blue and White and Likud will meet on Tuesday, and Netanyahu and Gantz will meet again with President Rivlin on Wednesday.
After the meeting, Netanyahu told his allies on the Right that he is representing all of them in his talks with Gantz, and that he would keep his previous promise not to join a government without them.
Rivlin left Netanyahu and Gantz alone for half an hour. They decided not to detail what progress was made in the meeting.
“Now, the first challenge is building a channel of direct dialogue out of trust between the two sides,” the president said. “The nation expects you to find a solution and prevent additional elections, even if it means paying a personal or ideological price,” he said.
After two-hour meeting, Rivlin calls on party leaders to put nation first even if they end up paying personal price
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz took “significant strides” toward creating a national unity government, President Reuven Rivlin said following a two-hour meeting between the trio.
Negotiating teams for Blue and White and Likud will meet on Tuesday, and Netanyahu and Gantz will meet again with President Rivlin on Wednesday.
After the meeting, Netanyahu told his allies on the Right that he is representing all of them in his talks with Gantz, and that he would keep his previous promise not to join a government without them.
Rivlin left Netanyahu and Gantz alone for half an hour. They decided not to detail what progress was made in the meeting.
“Now, the first challenge is building a channel of direct dialogue out of trust between the two sides,” the president said. “The nation expects you to find a solution and prevent additional elections, even if it means paying a personal or ideological price,” he said.
