Israel Forms Emergency Unity Govt To Fight Hamas

The Jerusalem Post reports:

An emergency government was formed on Wednesday afternoon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Unity leader Benny Gantz met in the IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv earlier in the morning.

The meeting lasted half an hour after which lawyers representing the Likud and National Unity stayed behind to finalize the details. As part of the deal, Gantz and fellow party members Gadi Eisenkot, Gideon Sa’ar, and two others will be sworn in as ministers for the duration of the war.

The agreement also states that throughout the war, no legislation that is unrelated to the war will be done in Knesset. There has been a widespread call for an emergency government in Israel since Netanyahu declared war on Hamas on Saturday following their massive attack on Israel that morning.

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A top opposition Israeli politician, former defense minister and military chief of staff, Benny Gantz, says he has reached an agreement to enter a wartime unity government with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. https://t.co/DDdUxYl7OL

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, the leader of the opposition National Unity party and a former defense minister, reached an agreement to form a unity government Wednesday. https://t.co/bCh25c76Qf

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