Netanyahu Meets Ben-Gvir to Solidify Right-Wing Bloc After Election Results
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of Otzma Yehudit, to discuss preserving the right-wing government after election results were finalized. Netanyahu also met with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. Opposition leaders, including Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Mansour Abbas, also held separate meetings.
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir after election results.
- The meeting aimed to preserve the right-wing government and prevent a left-wing one.
- Netanyahu also met with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for the first time post-election.
- Opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot, Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Mansour Abbas held separate meetings.
- The meetings occurred following the final publication of the Israeli election results.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party, on Thursday evening following the final publication of election results. Otzma Yehudit stated that the lengthy meeting focused on "how to preserve the right-wing government and prevent the establishment of a left-wing government with the support of terror supporters."
This meeting followed Netanyahu's earlier discussion with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionism party, which was their first since the elections. Religious Zionism described the meeting as a "coordination of moves going forward, against the backdrop of the election results."
Meanwhile, opposition party leaders held a series of individual meetings. Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of Yesh Atid, met with Naftali Bennett, chairman of Hatnuah, at Bennett's home in Ra'anana. Eisenkot also met with Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats. Golan, in parallel, met with Leader of the Opposition Yair Lapid and Mansour Abbas, chairman of Ra'am.
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