The prime minister is committed to "making any deal with the Saudis possible, even at the price of toppling his own government," HaModia reported.
Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denied ultra-Orthodox reports he was
preparing for the collapse of his government in return for a US-backed
normalization deal with Saudi Arabia.
According
to a report published in the Agudat Yisrael-affiliated haredi paper HaModia on
Friday morning, Netanyahu had resigned to the fact that "his political
career is nearing an end."
Netanyahu,
in accordance with White House officials, will receive the long-awaited Saudi
normalization deal and plea bargain for his criminal trials for his
resignation, with the understanding being that he "does not have the
capacity to manage the country in Israel's current political state," as
per the report.
The
prime minister is reportedly committed to "making any deal with the Saudis
possible, even at the price of toppling his own government," HaModia
added.
Netanyahu's
Likud: Ultra-Orthodox report is a farfetched fabrication
The
prime minister's Likud faction hit back against the report on Friday, stating
unequivocally that that report in the ultra-Orthodox newspaper is nothing but a
"farfetched fabrication."
"There
was never any commitment or request made to change the current make-up of the
government [in relation to the normalization deal with Saudi Arabia].
"This
government will fulfill its tenure regardless of the prime minister's attempts
to widen Israel's circle of peace," the Likud statement read.
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