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Gantz Cancels Power-Sharing Talks With Netanyahu

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   Ex-Israeli military chief Benny Gantz has called off Wednesday's
   meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in another setback in
   efforts to form a unity government.

   Gantz said the preconditions for the talks were not met. But he said a
   meeting could be rescheduled for later this week.

   Netanyahu's Likud Party said it is "stunned" by Gantz's decision to
   cancel the talks, calling on him to show some responsibility and avoid
   the possibility of yet another election.

   Gantz's centrist Blue and White party won 33 seats in last month's
   parliamentary election, while Likud finished with 32 seats.

   This was the second election this year where no party won enough seats
   to form a coalition government.

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