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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Saturday that he planned to meet Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon on Sunday with the aim of rescuing the ruling coalition and avoiding early elections.
Netanyahu said that "if [Kahlon’s party] Kulanu does not leave the government, there is a government. Kulanu can not overthrow the right-wing government. "
"All members of the Likud faction want to continue serving the county for a year until November 2019," he tweeted.
Netanyahu wants to keep its coalition intact and avoid dissolving the Knesset for at least six weeks, even if elections are postponed until late March or early April, a source close to the prime minister told Haaretz on Friday.
Netanyahu met with the Minister of Education, Naftali Bennett, and rejected his request for appointment to the post of Defense Minister following the resignation of Avigdor Lieberman, saying that it would be difficult to have the nomination approved by the coalition.
After the meeting, the Prime Minister's Office stated that Mr. Netanyahu had told the coalition partners that "there was no reason to go to elections".
Netanyahu said he "trusted the ministers not to overthrow a right-wing government and not to repeat the historical mistake of '92, when they overthrew a right-wing government , put the left in power and caused the disaster of Oslo Israel. "
Although the collapse of the coalition is inevitable, Netanyahu tries to postpone it as long as possible. According to the source, it is important for Netanyahu to appoint a new police commissioner and chief of the military staff. But if the Knesset is dissolved, these appointments could be blocked.
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While the appointment of a new chief of staff should be approved without problem, the appointment of Major-General Moshe Edri as police commissioner met with opposition following a complaint of misconduct. The government committee examining the candidates for the public service will meet on Sunday to examine the complaint. The current police chief's term ends on December 3 and Netanyahu wants to have time to find another candidate if Edri's appointment fails.
The coalition members also believe that Netanyahu wants to make another attempt to lower the electoral threshold – the percentage of total votes a party needs to enter the Knesset – before the next elections. However, Netanyahu did not raise this issue in discussions with coalition partners.
Shas' President Arye Dery, who holds the position of Minister of the Interior, opposes lowering the threshold, fearing that his predecessor will manage a new voters list. Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is also opposed to the idea of creating a split in his party, the United Torah Judaism.
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