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“If Netanyahu was serious, Herzog would already be in his government as foreign minister. But he didn’t really want that, and he didn’t really try.”
A senior Likud minister provided this explanation to Al-Monitor in answer to the question whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was serious, and is still serious, about his plans to bring the Zionist Camp into his coalition. On more than one occasion, that same minister saw how effective coalition negotiations are usually handled when both sides are interested. This time around, he believes the only reason Netanyahu even held discussions with opposition leader Isaac Herzog was for the sake of having those discussions.
