Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin (Likud) called on Yamina and Yesh Atid on Friday to reveal their coalition agreements and accompanying arrangements to the Knesset and public, which they have yet to do after informing President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday night that a coalition had been reached.
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"A situation in which coalition agreements are withheld from Knesset members and the public is unacceptable," Levin said. "The understandings must be submitted to the Knesset Secretariat immediately upon their signing to allow for public debate and to inform the members of the Knesset about the kind of government they are required to vote on."
According to Levin, the failure to reveal the documents raises concerns that the information is being withheld deliberately.
Yesh Atid and Yamina said in a statement: "The coalition agreements and the basic structure of the government will, of course, be made available to the public in a transparent and clear way after they are signed. We call on Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin to inform the Knesset as soon as possible that Knesset members [Yair] Lapid and [Naftali] Bennett have formed a government and convene a plenum immediately to swear in this government. The State of Israel needs a functioning unity government that will rescue us from the chaos."
Earlier Friday, Yamina members gathered at Bennett's home in Ra'anana in central Israel to discuss the new coalition and the steps needed to finalize the so-called "pro-change government." The meeting was also attended by wavering Knesset member Nir Orbach and political activist Shirley Pinto.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Yamina leader's home, calling on him to withdraw from what they called the left-wing coalition.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called an emergency meeting of right-wing leaders to discuss ways in which the bloc can prevent the government formed by the Center-Left bloc from being sworn in.
According to Channel 12 News, Yesh Atid has also presented a motion to immediately replace Levin with MK Mickey Levy, as it was believed Levin would use his power to delay the vote in an effort to further delay Netanyahu's ouster.
On Thursday morning, Netanyahu summoned Levin, Coalition whip MK Miki Zohar, Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich, Shas leader Aryeh Deri, United Torah Judaism leaders Moshe Gafni and Yakov Litzman, and the heads of the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization of Jewish localities in Judea and Samaria,to the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem to discuss their options.
Netanyahu said on Twitter that "all legislators elected by votes from the Right must oppose this dangerous left-wing government."
Yamina lawmakers, meanwhile, have come "under tremendous pressure" to back out of the new coalition.
"It's everywhere. Social media, phone calls, protests outside homes – to the point of crossing some red lines. Some MKs feel their children are being threatened. The prime minister is definitely stirring the pot but not just him. They [political rivals] are spearing no effort to undermine us," said Yamina MK Matan Kahana.
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