Tropper and Hendel Rule Out Sitting in a Netanyahu Government
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Hili Tropper, chairman of the Zionist Home and the Reservists, the slate he launched this month with Yoaz Hendel, declared Tuesday that his party will not sit in a government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it a matter of principle. He tied the position to conscription, saying the IDF needs combat soldiers and that everyone's security is harmed when there are too few. Tropper said Israel needs a Zionist government independent of Haredi and Arab parties. Unity party chairman Gilad Erdan responded that a vote for Tropper delivers Yair Golan, and pledged that only his list would refuse any narrow government. Religious Zionism accused the pair of boycotting its voters.
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Sources factually disagree on where the declaration was made: two report it as a post Tropper published on X setting out his party's principles; another reports it as his answer in a radio interview earlier the same day. The remaining facts are uniform: Tropper said his party will not sit in a government under Netanyahu and called it a matter of principle, tied the stance to conscription and to a government independent of Haredi and Arab parties, and drew responses from Unity chairman Gilad Erdan and from Religious Zionism.
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