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Home Special Coverage 2019 Election

Lieberman vows to only join unity government with Likud, Blue and White

The potential kingmaker of the election, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman, says he will insist upon a unity government that includes Netanyahu's Likud and its main challenger, the centrist Blue and White party. There won't be a third round of elections and the parties will have to deal with the "constellation" that emerges from this vote, he says.

by  Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff
Published on  09-17-2019 09:47
Last modified: 09-23-2019 14:52
Lieberman vows to only join unity government with Likud, Blue and WhiteReuters/Ammar Awad

Avigdor Lieberman casts his ballot along with his wife Ella at a polling station in Nokdim, Tuesday morning | Photo: Reuters/Ammar Awad

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The potential kingmaker of the Israeli election, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman, said Tuesday morning that he will insist upon a unity government between the two largest factions.

Lieberman cast his vote early on Tuesday in the settlement of Nokdim, where he resides. Lieberman, a former defense minister and one-time protégé of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forced Israel's unprecedented second election of the year when he refused to join Netanyahu's coalition government after the previous election in April.

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Polls suggest that Netanyahu won't be able to form another coalition without Lieberman's support.

Lieberman said there won't be a third round of elections and the parties will have to deal with the "constellation" that emerges from this vote.

He said he will only sit in a wide government that includes Netanyahu's Likud and its main challenger, the centrist Blue and White party.

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