The leader of the "Blue White" party, which leads the results of the Israeli elections, Benny Gantz, confirmed his intention to form an expanded unity government in Israel, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed disappointment at the rejection of his opponent in the elections offer to discuss the formation of a unity government, saying that he "Surprised and frustrated" by Gants' rejection.
In detail, Gantz told the press: "I intend to form an expanded liberal unity government," vowing to conduct rigorous and rigorous negotiations for its formation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called earlier yesterday, to form a unity government with the Gantz party.
"After an election campaign imposed on the citizens of Israel," Gantz said, "the people went to the polls, voted, and made a clear decision. The people chose unity, the people chose Israel above all else." He added: «We will not yield to anyone. "I will conduct the negotiations responsibly and objectively, in order to achieve the best."
The former chief of staff said his coalition had the majority of seats and should head the next government. "The people voted clearly for unity," Gantz said.
"So far, he (White Blue) has won 33 seats, while Netanyahu has not got enough majority to form the coalition, as he had hoped." "We will listen to everyone, but we will not accept dictations."
For his part, Netanyahu expressed disappointment at the rejection of his opponent in the elections offer to discuss the formation of a unity government, but said he remained open to dialogue.
"I'm surprised and frustrated by the fact that, until now, Benny Gantz still refuses to invite me to meet," Netanyahu, nicknamed "Baby," wrote on Twitter. "My offer to meet is still there, Gantz. This is what our citizens expect from us."
"During the election, I called for a right-wing government," Netanyahu said. "Unfortunately, the election results showed that this is not possible."
According to Israeli media reports, the White Blue coalition has a two-seat lead over Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, with 97% of the vote counted.
The former Israeli defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, called for the formation of an expanded liberal national unity government, including Likud and "White Blue."
The Arab parties, united in Tuesday's elections, emerged under a "joint list" as an important force, and the results announced showed they won 13 seats to become the third force in parliament. The result could allow Arab parties to prevent Netanyahu from continuing the job, should she decide to support Gantz.
The Israeli occupation forces arrested 17 Palestinians in the West Bank and injuries in Ramallah
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched a campaign of arrests yesterday against at least 17 Palestinians from the West Bank.
In Nablus, Israeli occupying forces moved into Balata refugee camp at dawn and raided several neighborhoods. As a result, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers who fired rubber-coated metal bullets, tear gas canisters and tear gas canisters at them.
Yesterday, five Palestinian youths were wounded with rubber-coated metal bullets during clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the center of Ramallah.
According to local Palestinian sources, clashes erupted after the Israeli soldiers stormed the headquarters of the General Union of Workers in the Services Sector in the city, seizing computers and papers and destroying the contents of the headquarters.
The sources added that the soldiers took up the roofs of some buildings in Rakeb and Al-Bareed streets in the center of Ramallah. They broke into a number of cafes in that area.
For its part, said the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - in a statement yesterday - that special units of the Israeli occupation army stormed the dawn of an office of the Democratic Front in the center of Ramallah, pointing out that it is the second storm of its kind in a week, where the occupation forces stormed another office in a building Tannous.
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