Netanyahu says only a unity government can guarantee Israel’s security

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Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has renewed his call for a national unity government with his rival, Gadi Eisenkot, saying only such a government can guarantee Israel’s security. In a video statement on Saturday, Netanyahu said a meeting with Eisenkot on Thursday “only strengthened the conviction that it is essential to form a national unity government”. The prime minister said such a government could “eliminate the Iranian threat once and for all”, claiming Tehran would “not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against us”. Within minutes, however, Eisenkot dismissed the appeal as a ploy. A former army chief, Eisenkot said Netanyahu “knows he lost the election”.