Bennett: "good meeting" • Deri: "Bibi got cold feet"

There is a growing appreciation that Benjamin Netanyahu will have to form a government with Bennett and Lapid.

Today (Sunday), there was a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman of the Jewish Home, Naftali Bennett, on integrating the Jewish Home into the coalition. Also present at the meeting, was former minister, Avigdor Lieberman.

The Jewish Home called the meeting "good and practical." The two agreed that they would continue to talk soon.

Earlier, the Prime Minister met with the three leaders of Shas - Ariel Atias, Deri and Eli Yishai - and told them that he wants Shas in the government, however, the alliance between Yesh Atid and the Jewish Home sandals him. The meeting was tense and difficult.

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Channel 10 issued this evening a spoken exchange between MK Aryeh Deri and Netanyahu, during which Deri hurled at the Prime Minister: "You're the one who led the negotiations to this point."

Netanyahu tried to defend against the attack on him, and said: "What could I do?"

According to a report on Channel 10, Deri claimed that he concluded with Avigdor Liberman and with the representative in the coalition negotiations, Moshe Leon, a summary that Likud-Beiteinu members will sign a coalition agreement with Shas and chairman of the movement Tzipi Livni, "and then Lapid and Bennett would surrender, but you got cold feet."

The Prime Minister replied that he was not aware of the agreement. However, the Prime Minister said that he would work until the last minute to add Shas to the coalition.

It is estimated in the Likud that the alliance between Yesh Atid and the Jewish Home, forces the prime minister to comply with the Lapid's demand to form a government without the haredi factions. Netanyahu has internalized that he can not form a government with the haredim, and strives to complete coalition agreements with Lapid and Bennett within a few days.

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