Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his readiness for dialogue on forming a broad government, and that he will lead it. Netanyahu said, according to what was reported by Israeli media, that the public in Israel does not want a government that relies on the “unified” and “joint” Arab lists. This comes after the elections that took place on October 27, in which Netanyahu’s Likud-led bloc won 53 seats out of 120, compared to 48 seats for the opposition bloc and 19 for the Arab parties, according to the Associated Press. Neither bloc reached the required majority of 61 seats.