Netanyahu denies rumors that he will give Bennett a job

A report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will first present his job to Yamina leader Naftali Bennett in a rotation or hold a primary to choose his replacement in Likud if no other solution is found soon, was denied by Netanyahu’s spokesman on Saturday night. as a test balloon, Israel Hayom, who is considered close to Netanyahu, reported on Friday that Netanyahu’s associates are already saying that if his mandate goes to the wire, without building a coalition, the two possibilities will be considered. not really, ”the spokesman said of the two options reported. “We have denied the report.” According to Netanyahu, according to the report, Banyett would first go into a rotation, provided that Netanyahu serves as an alternative prime minister and stays in the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem. could be that Netanyahu would start the rotation first if the Supreme Court ruled that he could not serve as prime minister due to his three criminal charges. The report said that Bennett Gideon could get Sa’ar, the leader of the New Hope, to join the government if it was first led by him and not by Netanyahu, but Sa’ar denied that he would be willing be to form a coalition led by Bennett if there is a rotation with Netanyahu. But the second possibility in the report – that someone else in Likud forms a government – has been endorsed by Sa’ar and will get the support of New Hope.

Coalition chairman Miki Zohar (Likud), who is close to Netanyahu, said he was unaware of any plans for a PMO exit strategy. President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday gave Netanyahu a four-week mandate ending May 4. Netanyahu’s mandate could legally be extended by two weeks, but that is not expected to happen. The more likely scenario is that Rivlin would give the mandate to Bennett or to Yair Lapid, head of Yesh Atid, who negotiated a rotation as prime minister between them. reached Thursday during Netanyahu’s meetings with Bennett and Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich. The Likud will continue to put pressure on Smotrich to agree to join a coalition supported from the outside by the Ra’am (United Arab List) party, Netanyahu is considering Ra’am leader Mansour Ask Abbas to deliver another speech in which he denounces the terror, reports KAN TV. said Saturday night that Netanyahu had told confidants that Bennett had already reached an agreement with Lapid. The report quoted sources close to Netanyahu as saying, “Smotrich is not the problem. Bennett is the one who is not serious. Avisor Liberman, leader of Yisrael Beytenu, said on Channel 12’s Meet the Press program on Saturday that Bennett was wrong to consider joining a Netanyahu government. ‘When Bennett goes with Bibi, he has to keep an eye on his back. , because Netanyahu will work him out politically, ”Liberman said.