Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Meretz chairwoman Zehava Gal-On on Thursday and invited her to join the coalition talks.Gal-On accepted the prime minister's invitation but said she will not join the government.Netanyahu is also scheduled to talk to Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich.The Likud Beytenu said Netanyahu approached Gal-On and Yacimovich in order to form a government as wide as possible.
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