Netanyahu calls for broad coalition

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-22-2009 09:21

Right-wing Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted a mandate to form Israel's next government. He's calling for a broad, national unity coalition with his former rivals.

Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks during a news conference with Israel's President Shimon  Peres after their meeting in Jerusalem February 20,2009. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

Netanyahu urged the leader of the centrist Kadima party, Tzipi Livni and head of the left-wing Labor Party, Ehud Barak to join his coalition. But both Livni and Barak have shown little interest in the proposal.

Livni says her party will choose to stay in the opposition. Without the cooperation of the Kadima and Labor parties, Netanyahu would have to opt for a narrow coalition.

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