Netanyahu Seeks Broad Coalition Before October 27 Vote as Polls Sour on Iran War
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Updated · The Hindu · Jun 28
Netanyahu Seeks Broad Coalition Before October 27 Vote as Polls Sour on Iran War
3 articles · Updated · The Hindu · Jun 28
Summary
Benjamin Netanyahu said he will try to build a broad national government after Israel’s election, rejecting both a purely right-wing coalition and any left-led bloc reliant on Arab parties.
Recent surveys have shown Netanyahu polling poorly, with a majority of Israelis wanting him to leave office as criticism grows over the February war with Iran and a U.S.-Tehran ceasefire deal seen as unfavorable to Israel.
In the same briefing, Netanyahu cast the new U.S.-brokered agreement with Lebanon as a “historic” blow to Iran and Hezbollah.
Israeli forces will stay in a 10-kilometre security zone inside Lebanon until Hezbollah and other armed groups are disarmed, Netanyahu said, framing security and national unity as the basis of his election pitch.