Likud and Yisrael Beytenu expected to resume coalition talks this week

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Yisrael Beytenu and Likud are expected to resume coalition negotiations this week. For now, no meeting has been scheduled between them, after a meeting set between the parties was canceled following the speech Netanyahu delivered at the Knesset swearing-in.

Yisrael Beytenu officials told Channel 13 that they are ready to reschedule the meeting with Likud, which is expected to take place later this week. In Likud, the security briefing meeting between Netanyahu and Eisenkot is seen as the step that paved the way for renewing political contact.

The prime minister is currently holding discussions on the makeup of Likud's negotiating team, which is due to meet tomorrow with the negotiating team of Gadi Eisenkot. Earlier this week, it was decided that attorney Michael Rabello will be a member of the Likud team.