Summary
Talks to form a national unity government in Israel hit a further snag on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's centrist election rival called off a meeting with the embattled leader.
On Tuesday the party said conditions were not ripe yet to hold effective negotiations between the parties and their leaders.
The parties' negotiators had met on Sunday without success, with each side blaming the other for the stalemate.
With neither party leader appearing able to put together a coalition with a ruling majority on his own, Israel's president last week tasked Netanyahu with forming the next government in the hope of securing a power-sharing deal between the Blue and White party and Likud.
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