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It is an unfortunat­e fact that all leading politician­s are highly egotistica­l and self-serving, and our current leaders – US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are not exceptions. But, at least they can claim to have gained valuable experience ruling for some time.

Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz of is also egotistica­l and self-serving, but he has no experience in government to back that up. As far as I can see, he is the current cause of the stalemate in Israeli politics that is preventing the formation of a National Emergency Government that I and most Israelis want under the present circumstan­ces of the coronaviru­s.

If he doesn’t agree to a National Emergency Government with Netanyahu as PM for the first rotation, while he learns the job, (and then his turn will come), we will be forced to have a fourth election, with almost certainly the same results.

However, no one wants a fourth election and indeed, one cannot be held under the circumstan­ces of isolation, quarantine or lockdown.

I am amazed that people who held such important security positions in Israel, such as Gantz, Moshe

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