In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political opponent, Benny Gantz of Blue and White has proposed to lead a unity government with Netanyahu’s Likud party.
Gantz said he would head the government for two years and then Netanyahu would lead the following two years – if he is acquitted of corruption charges.
Gantz says it is the only way to avoid unnecessary elections that no one wants. It was Gantz’s first concrete offer to extract Israel from its political impasse since the country’s attorney general announced Thursday Netanyahu would be indicted.
Netanyahu currently heads a caretaker government after two inconclusive elections. Previous efforts at a power-sharing agreement between the two largest parties failed.
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