Israel held the second Knesset election this year on 17 September after an April vote resulted in a tie between Likud and Blue and White which prevented the ruling party from forming a new government. Preliminary results of the second vote indicate that the April deadlock could once again be repeated.
Both Likud and Blue and White should be included in the new Israeli government, the country’s President Reuven Rivlin said on Sunday after consultations with the newly elected Knesset factions.
Addressing members of the centrist Kahol Lavan, led by Benny Ganz, Rivlin said that a stable government could only exist if the two largest parties are part of it.
His comments come in contrast to a spokesperson for Blue and White who said the party would refuse to enter into a unity government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, citing criminal charges against him.
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