Head of Yisrael Beiteinu Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday described Arab Israeli members of the Knesset as the fifth column with whom he will not join a coalition government, Safa news agency reported.
Speaking to Israeli radio, Lieberman rejected a proposal for a coalition made by the head of Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party Benny Gantz that includes the Arab MKs.
Lieberman: The Joint List – Fifth Corps, the only option is unity https://t.co/Jkvz9BYhcb pic.twitter.com/q2wgdoyMav
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The Joint List represents that fifth column in the Knesset, he said, adding that it is impossible to sit with them in one government.
However, he stressed that the only way to form a government is through unity.
Lieberman, who emerged kingmaker again after Israel's September election, charges that 'the Joint List doesn't represent the Arabs of Israel'https://t.co/HC7DU7ZRmt
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Lieberman also said that the outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became more interested in third elections after he failed to form a government.
(Middle East Monitor, PC, Social Media)
