Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"
STORY: Israeli PM, opposition leader agree to form "emergency unity gov't"
DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:14
LOCATION: Jerusalem
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of IDF activities in Gaza
2. various of IDF strikes in Gaza
3. various of striking of the targets by the IDF
STORYLINE:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, an opposition leader and former defense minister, announced on Wednesday in a joint statement the formation of "an emergency unity government" and a war cabinet.
The move brings Gantz's centrist party of National Unity to sit together with Netanyahu's ultranationalist-religious coalition government.
Under the agreement, the war cabinet will consist of three members: Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Gantz, who was also a former chief of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Gadi Eizenkot, a lawmaker with the National Unity, also a former IDF chief, will act as an observer.
Netanyahu agreed not to advance any bills unrelated to the o
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