May 7, 2012
In surprise move, Netanyahu, Mofaz agree to form unity government, cancel early elections
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on May 7. Photo by REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition chairman MK Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) reached a surprise agreement early Tuesday morning to form a national unity government.
Under the agreement, Kadima will join Netanyahu’s government and support its policies in exchange for a commitment that the government will support its proposal for an alternative to the Tal Law, which allows full-time yeshiva students to defer national service.
Sources in Kadima told Haaretz that Mofaz is expected to be appointed as a minister in the government. Likud sources confirmed this, adding that they expected that Mofaz would become a minister without portfolio.
Read more at Haaretz.com.
