Netanyahu Agrees to Form National Unity Government

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to form a national unity government with members of the opposition, including former generals, to lead the country via a wartime cabinet. It brings together representatives of rival parliamentary groups in a broad coalition, usually at a time of national emergency. Netanyahu had initially wanted those with military expertise in the opposition to join his existing coalition. Until Hamas’s surprise attack on Saturday, Israel was caught in a bitter battle over plans by Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the country’s judiciary that sparked the largest protest movement in Israel’s history.