If it's the only choice, the question will be presented to gedolei Torah
With the results of the exit polls on Election Night indicating that the right bloc is struggling to gain an outright majority, Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Lieberman hurried to announce that as far as he was concerned, “One, there will not be another election. Two, we will not join any government headed by Netanyahu or that includes Shas and UTJ.”
But when the sun rose the next day, Lieberman changed his tune. He assailed the chareidim and called the right-wing bloc a “chareidi-messianic” group, declaring, “We belong to the true right, the liberal right.” But when he was asked if he would join a Netanyahu government, he said he would wait for the final results and that at the faction meeting — in an effort to prevent another election — a decision would be made one way or another.
“We will make a decision according to what is good for Israel and our commitments to our voters,” he said.
On Tuesday morning, when the leaders of the right-wing bloc came to a meeting with the prime minister, MK Moshe Gafni said that in his opinion, hope was not lost for a government of 61. He predicted there would not be a unity government and it would not be necessary to hold new elections. As for sitting with Lieberman, Gafni replied, “I don’t know. He’s an irresponsible man.”
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