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Hours after Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid announced to President Reuven Rivlin he had managed to form a government, members of the "bloc for change" submitted their signatures Thursday morning to replace Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin, who is from the Likud. The government-in-waiting seeks to replace Levin with Yesh Atid
Reports differ on whether Yamina chief's decision to join coalition with 'change bloc' final; if it goes ahead, move would see Netanyahu removed from power
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in the Knesset on July 29, 2013, with Naftali Bennett (left) and Gideon Sa ar. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)
Faced with the immediate prospect of being ousted from office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday made a last-ditch offer to New Hope party leader Gideon Sa’ar and Yamina chief Naftali Bennett in hopes of preventing them from forming a government with centrist and left-wing parties.
The Ynet news site cited sources in Yamina as saying that if Sa’ar accepts the offer, “a right-wing government will be formed.”
However, Sa’ar said in response that his party’s “position and commitment was, and remains, to replace the Netanyahu government,” adding that the proposal was “spin.” The Walla news site said that Sa’ar was under serious pressure from MK Ze’ev Elkin to accept the offer.