At unity talks, parties can’t even agree on who they speak for * Israeli gov’t lost in transition since 2018 * UK Labour okays radical anti-Isra el agenda * Israelis v UN

[Visit timesofisrael.com for 24/7 updates]( The Daily Edition Tuesday, September 24, 2019 [Blue and White, Likud start talks, but can’t even agree who they’re representing]( By [TOI staff]( [Likud says it’s discussing unity coalition on behalf of right-wing-Orthodox bloc, but Gantz’s envoy says he’s made clear Blue and White is not negotiating with Shas, UTJ and Yamina]( [Blue and White source: Netanyahu wants elections, not unity – and Gantz knows it]( By [Raoul Wootliff]( [Likud, Blue and White teams sit down ahead of 2nd Gantz-Netanyahu-Rivlin meeting]( By [TOI staff]( [Liberman meets Gantz, says unity government a certainty]( By [TOI staff]( Israel media review [Rotate and spin: 6 things to know for September 24]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Throw four pundits and politicians in a room and you’ll get five ideas for a rotation government, but will any of them stick or is everybody just torquing around]( [Scores of lawyers still scouring ballots to ensure accurate final result]( By [Sue Surkes]( inside story [A brief history of Balad, the renegade Joint List faction that passed on Gantz]( By [Adam Rasgon]( [The secular Arab nationalist party is opposed to exclusively Jewish statehood, has long courted controversy with members such as Azmi Bishara, Hanin Zoabi and Basel Ghattas]( Analysis [David Horovitz]( [7 things to know as Rivlin tries to impose unity coalition on Netanyahu, Gantz]( [The president had no trouble getting Israel’s two would-be PMs into a room together. 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