Hopes for an Israeli emergency unity government are rising with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scheduled to meet former defense minister Benny Gantz, head of the opposition National Unity party. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition has agreed to form an emergency unity government with opposition politicians after the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israeli history, his ruling Likud Party said. The main opposition leaders, former prime minister Yair Lapid and Mr. Gantz had agreed in principle to join a unity government after the attack by Hamas.
