Jerusalem, Nov. 8 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on opposition parties led by Gadi Eisenkot to form a "national unity government", but insisted that any such arrangement must include all parties from his outgoing coalition, including the far-right Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit parties and the ultra-Orthodox factions.
In a video statement on Saturday evening, Netanyahu repeated his appeal for a broad coalition, marking another shift in his language since the October 27 election. Shortly after the polls closed, he had called for a "strong, national, right-wing coalition", before advocating a "broad national government" under his leadership on November 2.
However, the prime minister did not specify who should l...