MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Monday evening that he sees no possibility of sitting in a government with the Haredi parties or Arab factions Ra'am and Hadash-Ta'al, calling for a 'Zionist' coalition. Forer also accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of trying to manufacture artificial conflicts, according to a report on Channel 14's The Correspondents' Box.
MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu) said Monday evening that he sees no possibility of sitting in a government with the Haredi parties or the Arab factions Ra'am and Hadash-Ta'al, calling for a 'Zionist' coalition without them. Forer accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of trying to manufacture artificial conflicts, saying 'we don't buy the fake fights that Netanyahu is trying to create.' The remarks were broadcast on Channel 14's The Correspondents' Box program.
Forer's statement comes amid ongoing coalition negotiations, in which the Haredi parties Shas and United Torah Judaism have demanded the advancement of laws exempting yeshiva students from military service. Forer has previously called on Netanyahu to bring a universal conscription law to a vote, expressing doubt about the prime minister's intentions. (The Zioneer, August 3.)
The Yisrael Beiteinu chairman's position aligns with his party's long-standing platform against exemptions from military service and against the inclusion of Haredi and Arab parties that do not support national service.
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