Two days before Israel Parliament is set to dissolve due to an impasse over a budget dispute, party representatives from Blue & White and the Likud are due to meet on Sunday to make a last-ditch effort to find a compromise and avoid elections.
According to officials from Blue & White, headed by Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the odds of preventing a new election are “50-50.”
The parties continued negotiations over the weekend, and some officials expressed optimism that a deal could be reached before the Tuesday midnight deadline.
The negotiations are said to focus on passing another deadline extension which will give both sides enough time to draft a more complex law concerning a state budget.
Failure to pass budget legislation is the only caveat in a rotation agreement signed by Benjamin Netanyahu that requires him to hand over his post as prime minister to Gantz in November 2021.
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{Matzav.com}
