translated from Spanish: Netanyahu in ‘last attempt’ to save Government

Jerusalem (AP) – israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that would enter into negotiations with its partner of coalition for “a final attempt” to save his Government, on the verge of collapse tr as the resignation of the Defense Minister. Speaking during the weekly meeting of his Cabinet, Netanyahu warned that it would be inadvisable to enter in a polarizing election campaign at a sensitive time for israeli security. He said that he will try to convince the Minister of Hacienda Moshe Kahlon and his centrist party Kulanu (“all of us”) to stay in the coalition. A spokesman for Kahlon said then that the meeting between the two “did not produce any results” and that both agreed to meet in a few days. It was announced that Netanyahu would hold a press conference on Sunday afternoon.

“It would be unnecessary and wrong to go to elections. We know very well what happened when members of the coalition led to the collapse of the Likud Government in 1992 and in 1999 “, said in reference to two elections that led to labour to power.

“We need to do everything in our power to avoid a repeat of that mistake,” said the President. The political crisis was triggered by the sudden resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who had demanded a far harsher response to the launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip. Lieberman complained that the truce accepted by Israel will be to the South of the country in danger from the Hamas group, in the same way that the North of the country is under threat from the Lebanese group Jezbola.la departure of Lieberman and his Yisrael Beitenu party (“Israel is our home”) It leaves the coalition with a majority of a single seat in the Knesset (Parliament) of 120 seats. Other members of the Coalition say that this makes it impossible to govern since the Government would be susceptible to extortion of a single legislator, at least up to the realization of the next elections, scheduled for November of the 2019.El Minister of education Naftali Bennett, Habait Hayehudí (“Jewish Home”) party, already threatened to cause the collapse of the Government if not given it portfolio of defensa.Netanyahu declared the Sunday evening that will temporarily assume the Defense portfolio. In this note:

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