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(May 20) - Yisrael Ba'aliya hopes to keep "radical elements who built themselves up by dividing the people" from being part of the next coalition, according to a source familiar with the talks. The hope in the party is that a coalition can be reached "perhaps without Shas and Shinui," the source said. "They want it to include the NRP, the Likud, the Center party, Meretz - a wide coalition in a national unity government, which is the same as they asked for after the last election." Yesterday, talks were held between the NRP and Yisrael Ba'aliya at the office of Industry and Trade Minister Natan Sharan sky, at Sharansky's initiative. The source said "there was no intention of creating any kind of bloc, there was simply an exchange of views on what each side thinks about the future coalition." "The two sides sat together in the last coalition, so they thought it only right to discuss their mutual views." In the meeting, attended by Yisrael Ba'aliya leaders Natan Sharansky and Yuli Edelstein, the NRP's Yitzhak Levy, Shaul Yahalom and Nahum Lagenthal, it was agreed to continue the talks. The NRP said it favors establishing a broad government "to bridge gaps among all parts of society without being pulled by extreme elements on both sides." It said it sees itself as an alternative to Shas in the government, since it would be guided by the principles of democracy and Zionism.
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