Immigration Absorption and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze'ev Elkin (Likud) spoke about reported plans to create a national unity government with the left-wing Zionist Union.
"There are many versions of this story going around. It's important for us as a government to continue our policies, and let any who want join. We can't expand the government at the cost of giving up our ideology," he told Arutz Sheva.
Elkin took the opportunity to launch a barb at the internal conflicts within the Zionist Union party. "Everyone in the Labor Party is currently busy killing each other. When they're free, they should make up their minds."
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"Most of the public now understands that withdrawals don't bring anything but human destruction, less security, and many more problems. I hope that we will not repeat this mistake and that we will not withdraw any more from our lands."
Hope. Change.