Newly sworn-in Likud lawmaker Talik Gvili said on Sunday, November 15, that members of the rival "change bloc" privately assured her they would not form a government with the support of the Arab parties.
In an interview on Galei Israel radio's evening program "Yoman HaErev," hosted by Doron Cohen and Efi Naveh, Gvili said two of the bloc's Knesset members told her this directly on the day the new Knesset was sworn in. She declined to name them for now.
Her remarks come as coalition-building options are debated and the public argues over whether any government should cooperate with the Arab factions.
