Prime Minister Netanyahu, speaking Tuesday evening in an exclusive interview on Channel 14's 'The Patriots,' said he wants a broad national unity government because Israel faces major opportunities and challenges, and insisted the call is not a campaign spin.
Prime Minister Netanyahu sat for an exclusive interview Tuesday evening on Channel 14's flagship program 'The Patriots,' the first airing of which came at 22:05 Jerusalem. In the interview he said: 'I want a broad national unity government because we stand before great opportunities and challenges—this is not a spin.'
The remark echoes statements Netanyahu made Sunday evening, when he tweeted his intention to form a broad coalition and outlined core principles—including no Palestinian state—as a campaign pitch ahead of the election. Tuesday's on-air delivery, on Channel 14's patriotic-oriented program, reinforces the messaging he has been pressing in recent days: that a wide coalition is a serious, substantive aim, not a political tactic.
A poll aired Sunday on the same program found that 51% of participants opposed such a broad government, a figure the prime ministers interview was seen as directly addressing. Netanyahu did not name specific potential coalition partners in the interview excerpt currently available.
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