Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks over the weekend with Knesset members and Likud ministers and asked them to calm things down.
"This is the time to calm things down with conciliatory messages," Netanyahu told Likud members who spoke with him with a clear goal: to put legal legislation aside and move forward to work on consensus issues – high-tech, economics and transportation.
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Tomorrow, Netanyahu will take the first step in a joint press conference with Minister Regev in which he will announce an ambitious project to connect the periphery to the center by means of a high-speed rail network. In addition, in the coming days, the prime minister is expected to hold discussions on artificial intelligence.
Lowers flames
Netanyahu's agenda will signal the direction for the other ministers in the government. If Minister Galant's remarks about a unity government looked like a rebellion, Minister Ofir Akunis' remarks tonight on Channel 13 News already reflect Netanyahu's mood.
Akunis even said this himself when he said that there was no target date for advancing the continuation of the legal reform, adding, "This is said on Netanyahu's mind."
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Justice Minister Levin, photo: Jonathan Zindel, Flash 90
So what began to look like a revolt over the weekend gained momentum on Saturday under Netanyahu's guidance in order to lower the flames on the public street in a way that suits the mood as expressed in the polls.
In the same talks he held over the weekend, he told ministers and Knesset members that talks with the opposition must resume. "We can't reach understandings with ourselves, we need the other side." Now it remains to be seen whether Netanyahu manages to change course among his senior partners as well, or whether he will be exhausted by internal battles.
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