from Vos Ist Neias Israel – Three Israeli parties on Saturday proposed forming a center-left opposition bloc to try to topple conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the January 22 election, but disagreements over the terms suggested any pact could be elusive.
Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, head of the centrist Hatenuah party, said on Twitter that she and leaders of the centrist Yesh Atid and left-leaning Labour parties would “discuss the creation of a ‘united front’ to work together to replace Netanyahu”.
Opinion polls suggest the three parties could collectively win about 37 of parliament’s 120 seats, more than the some 35 seats projected for Netanyahu’s rightist list and potentially enough to form the next Israeli coalition government.