Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been holding direct talks with Hatnua chairwoman Tzipi Livni over the possibility of her party joining the coalition, a Channel 2 News report said on Monday.

According to the report, Netanyahu’s number two, Yisrael Beytenu head Avigdor Lieberman, has also been speaking with Livni in recent days, in an attempt to convince her to join the coalition.