Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday afternoon that he was not giving up on his desire to form a wide national unity government in order to deal with the events in southern Israel and the economic crisis.
"The events are not waiting. The Qassams are not waiting and neither is the unemployment," the Likud chairman told his faction members at the Knesset.
"We need a stable and strong government. I have not given up on the idea to form a wide government. The talks will continue," he added.
Minister Shaul Mofaz said during the Kadima meeting that Kadima should not reject out of hand the possibility of joining a Netanyahu-led government. "We shouldn't enter at all costs and in any composition, but there is room for a thorough examination of whether unity is possible," he said.
Mofaz added, "I believe it's a mistake not appointing negotiation teams. I want to hold a discussion without assistants at the faction and make a decision. I think that with unity we can promote the changing of the government system.
"We must not be portrayed as those who don't want to make the effort to find a common denominator, and be portrayed as those waiting for the government to fail so we can fix it. We must inquire if there is any chance at all for unity."
