Zehut Party Seeks Separate Meeting With President Herzog
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
Moshe Feiglin's Zehut party has requested a separate meeting with President Isaac Herzog, distinct from the Religious Zionism party, ahead of government formation consultations. The president will receive official election results tomorrow before beginning meetings with smaller factions. Zehut is scheduled to meet Herzog separately later in the evening, with the reason for this unusual request not yet disclosed.
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- Zehut party requested a separate meeting with President Herzog, not with Religious Zionism.
- The parties ran together in the last election but will meet the president separately.
- President Herzog will receive official election results tomorrow at noon.
- Consultations with parties begin tomorrow evening, starting with smaller factions.
- The consultations will be broadcast live, with leaders able to speak to the press.
The Zehut party, led by Moshe Feiglin, has requested a separate consultation meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, diverging from its initial plan to attend with the Religious Zionism party headed by Bezalel Smotrich. The unusual request comes ahead of the president's consultations to recommend a candidate for forming the next government. According to reporter Michael Shemesh, the two parties are now expected to meet with Herzog at different times.
As per the updated schedule released by the President's Residence, the consultations will commence tomorrow at 5:00 PM with representatives of Religious Zionism. This will be followed by Shas at 6:15 PM, Yisrael Beiteinu at 7:30 PM, and Zehut separately at 8:45 PM. It remains unclear whether this request for separate meetings indicates an intention to recommend different candidates for prime minister.
Earlier tomorrow, at 12:00 PM, President Herzog will receive the official results of the 26th Knesset elections from the Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Judge Noam Sohlberg. In a departure from previous election cycles, the president has decided to begin consultations with smaller factions first, aiming to explore various government formation possibilities and exhaust contacts between parties. The consultations will be broadcast live, and faction leaders will have the opportunity to make statements to the press afterward.
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