Likud, led by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Yashar, the party of his main political rival, Gadi Eisenkot, will hold this Sunday a meeting with the aim of analyzing the option of forming a unity government in Israel after the legislative elections held on October 27 of the past.
At the meeting, the centrist formation Yashar will be represented by Yoav Horowitz --a figure very close to Netanyahu-- and Chili Tropper, while Likud will send its spokesperson in the Knesset, Ofir Katz, and Michael Rabello, according to the information published by the newspaper "The Times of Israel".
In parallel, the talks continue to close the configuration of the new Parliament and the allocation of the main commissions. Yair Golan's Democratic Party has announced that it has reached an agreement with Eisenkot so that the democrats assume the chairmanship of the Special Commission of the Knesset tasked with reviewing the latest and controversial judicial reform promoted by Netanyahu's Executive.
"This is the beginning of the process to repair the damage. We are going to repeal the judicial reform and strengthen democracy so that what has happened in the last four years cannot happen again," Golan explained.
At the same time, negotiations continue in order to vote on Tuesday on the election of Matan Kahana, a member of Yashar, as the new president of the Knesset in place of Amir Ohana, a parliamentary appointment considered decisive for measuring the possible majority that could allow Eisekot to reach the head of the Government.
The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, tasked Eisenkot one week ago with the task of trying to form a new Executive after completing a round of consultations with the forces with representation in the Chamber, from which it emerges that there is an alternative majority to the coalition currently led by Netanyahu.
Within this framework, the leader of Israel Beitenu, Avigdor Liberman, allied with Eisenkot, will assume the chairmanship of the Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defense, while Liran Avisar Ben Horin, of Naftali Bennett's BYachad party, will be in charge of the Commission on Finance. Both Liberman and Ben Horin are located in the bloc close to Eisenkot.
Parties aligned with Eisenkot have 48 of the 120 Knesset seats and could also obtain the support or abstention of another 19 deputies belonging to Arab-Israeli formations. For their part, 46 parliamentarians maintain their explicit support for Netanyahu’s investiture.