Machane Tzioni party leader MK Yitzchak Herzog explains that any chance of entering the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has passed and it is no longer a consideration.

“We have heard enough about that joke” Herzog told Walla News, adding “Netanyahu had a historic dramatic opportunity to create a centrist government capable of leading a true diplomatic process that compel the sides to take bold steps with the Palestinians but he preferred a narrow right-wing government. This is his problem”.

He explained that PM Netanyahu had an opportunity as they were discussing his party of 24 entering the coalition instead of continuing to head the opposition but Yisrael Beitenu has entered and the decision has been made and the opportunity has since passed.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)