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Netanyahu Calls on Rival Gantz to Form National Unity Government
(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - After Israel's deadlocked election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called on his main rival, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz, to join in a broad, unity coalition. Speaking at a memorial ceremony for former Prime Minister Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Netanyahu noted that Peres had forged a coalition with then-Likud leader Yitzhak Shamir in 1984. President Reuven Rivlin welcomed Netanyahu's call for a broad coalition.