The unity government, which is expected to be formed soon, began to form a week ago • Gantz and Ashkenazi tended to compromise with the Likud, Torch and Ya'alon were not ready to hear - until the explosion dismantled the cockpit
Negotiation teams at one of the meetings // Photo Archive: Elad Malka
The steps towards the emerging unity government did not begin yesterday. In fact, last Thursday, quite a few agreements were reached in the exchanges that were exchanged between the Likud negotiators and the blue ones.
Most of the important details have already been agreed between the parties: private (equitable) distribution of the right-wing and white-blue blocs, equitable distribution of the four senior positions (foreign, security, treasury and Knesset chairman), consents to issue a legal case to an external candidate and veto the ministerial committee What constituted the main controversy was the fundamental question of whether Benny Gantz was prepared to accept the fact that Netanyahu would be in first rotation, but that details leaked, blue-and-white people were furious, and Gantz decided he was freezing the contacts.
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On Saturday night, the prime minister arrived at the studios, again called on Gantz to join a unity government, expanded on details of the far-reaching concessions the Likud is prepared to make for unity, and also a date on which he will vacate the prime minister's office. The contacts between the parties continued.
In the Likud negotiations team, Yariv Levin and Yaakov Attraky, in the team of Blue and White Yoram Turovich and Shalom Shlomo, were involved in the Cockpit team, the party leadership. Before the weekend the decision was in the hands of blue-white people and the differences of opinion were clear: Gantz and Gabi Ashkenazi Wanted to join the unity government, Yair Lapid and Boogi Ya'alon strongly refused any cooperation with the Likud, and the talks between Gantz and Lapid became more difficult until yesterday's explosion.
The source of the incident said to "Israel Today": "Understand that there are different interests here. Gantz and Ashkenazi want to make a difference. They did not come to politics to be an ornament or sit in the back seats of the Knesset. They came to move things and do, probably at such a time that there is real danger to civilians. "The State of Israel. Yair Lapid and Boogi Ya'alon had one goal: to remove Netanyahu from the Prime Minister's Office in any way, whatever the consequences of that. That's what underlies the explosion."
In the past two days, the Likud has put a kind of ultimatum related to the role of the Speaker of the Knesset. Lapid and Ya'alon demanded Meir Cohen (there is a future) to legislate or at least threaten Netanyahu with the possibility of enacting personal laws that would not allow him to serve as prime minister. , It is a clear sign of seriousness and the possibility of unity is over.
Arie Deri, who spoke with Gabi Ashkenazi, also entered the brokerage position, and together they formulated a mechanism and guarantees that Netanyahu will honor the rotation in due course. In a talk yesterday afternoon between the quartet, Gantz announced that he intends to be appointed to the Knesset Speaker to leave an opening for further negotiations. Lapid and Ya'alon announced the dissolution of the party.