President Peres Congratulates Prime Minister Netanyahu on Formation of National Unity Government

President Peres Congratulates Prime Minister Netanyahu on Formation of National Unity Government

Early this morning (Tuesday), 8.5.12, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu phoned President Shimon Peres, who is currently on a state visit to Canada, and informed him about the discussions and the decision to forge a national unity government.

President Peres congratulated Prime Minister Netanyahu on the decision and said that a national unity government is good for the people of Israel and that the good of the state, in light of the crucial challenges facing it, requires broad national unity.