Shas is appointing a negotiating team and talks are scheduled to get underway on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Shinui party leader Justice Minister Yosef Lapid stated on Thursday that a national unity coalition government with both the Labor and Shas parties - but without Shinui, which refuses to sit with Shas in the same government - will result in a situation that prevents movement on both the political and budgetary fronts.
"I am not angry at Sharon," Lapid said, "He wants to save his Gaza disengagement plan and his fiscal policies, but I am angry at [opposition leader Shimon] Peres who is hurting his own Labor Party by his ambitions of becoming foreign minister, turning his back on his voters." Shiui Party Chairman Reshef Chayne emphasized in an interview with Arutz-7, "Shinui is the only stable support Sharon has."
Last night, during a speech at the National Security College, Prime Minister Sharon said, "Hatred and mutual exclusions will not get us anywhere. There must not be a situation where this person won't talk with that person, and that person hates this person. I am making an effort to seat everyone next to one another - and I estimate that it will happen."
Meanwhile, Shinui party leader Justice Minister Yosef Lapid stated on Thursday that a national unity coalition government with both the Labor and Shas parties - but without Shinui, which refuses to sit with Shas in the same government - will result in a situation that prevents movement on both the political and budgetary fronts.
"I am not angry at Sharon," Lapid said, "He wants to save his Gaza disengagement plan and his fiscal policies, but I am angry at [opposition leader Shimon] Peres who is hurting his own Labor Party by his ambitions of becoming foreign minister, turning his back on his voters." Shiui Party Chairman Reshef Chayne emphasized in an interview with Arutz-7, "Shinui is the only stable support Sharon has."
Last night, during a speech at the National Security College, Prime Minister Sharon said, "Hatred and mutual exclusions will not get us anywhere. There must not be a situation where this person won't talk with that person, and that person hates this person. I am making an effort to seat everyone next to one another - and I estimate that it will happen."