Right-wing activist and Channel 14 personality Itamar Fleishman said Sunday night that his condition for supporting a broad national unity government is an aggressive judicial overhaul, even if achieved without broad consensus. Prime Minister Netanyahu had earlier pledged to form such a government after elections.
Right-wing activist and Channel 14 commentator Itamar Fleishman laid out a hard-line condition Sunday evening for supporting a broad national unity government, telling the 'Patriots' program that an aggressive judicial reform must be pushed through even without broad consensus. His remarks came shortly after Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that he intends to form a broad national unity government after the elections. The Fleishman statement sharpens the internal right-wing debate over the scope and pace of judicial reform, and signals that any unity coalition may face significant demands from within the right-wing camp. An informal poll aired on the same program found that 51% of viewers opposed the type of broad unity government Netanyahu advocated.
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