article_snippet: Likud most immediate goal is to deny a new term to Netanyahu, who Likud says has led the "most racist government in history."
article_snippet: Likud asked in an interview on Saturday.
article_snippet: But a law passed by the last Knesset, sponsored by the right-wing party of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, raised the threshold of votes a party must receive to be admitted to the Knesset.
article_snippet: Many believed Lieberman's goal was to push Arab parties out of the Knesset.
article_snippet: If, as many expect, Likud or Labor fail to strike deals with smaller parties to get the 61 seats needed to form a government, Likud or Labor may be forced to join together in a "national unity" government.
article_snippet: That would make the next biggest group of parties, and Odeh, the official opposition.
article_snippet: It's a position The Prime Minister says The Prime Minister would prefer over joining an Israeli government, which The Prime Minister says dedicates a large chunk of its budget to policies that discriminate against the Palestinians.