Likud, Meretz Snub Appeal for Emergency Coalition Gov´t

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(IsraelNN.com) Likud and Meretz party leaders have thrown cold water on the proposal of Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (Kadima) for an emergency coalition. The narrow coalition of Kadima, Labor, and Pensioners parties is becoming shakier following sharp divisions in the Labor party.

"An emergency government is established during war, not after. We must let this government collapse, rather than save it," said an aide to Opposition Leader and Likud chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu. From the other end of the political spectrum, Meretz Knesset member Zahava Gal-on echoed the same sentiments. "When missiles fell and the home front collapsed and soldiers were killed, it was an emergency. Today the threat on the coalition's stability is not a situation that entails an emergency government," she stated.

Arutz Sheva

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1. Makes good sense to me