Israel Coalition Partner

Q102: Will the next Israeli government include the Zionist Union Party?
Yes: 15%
(The Zionist Union needs to be part of the governing coalition.  An informal agreement would not count.)

Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the centre-right Likud party, is currently trying to form a new governing coalition after winning the recent Israeli election.  There have been persistent rumours that he may include the Zionist Union (the main centre-left party), in the coalition, due to difficulties in reaching an agreement with the other right-wing parties.  The Zionist union has denied that possibility.  The Zionist Union might also be asked to form the government on its own if Netanyahu fails in his negotiations (this article briefly discusses that possibility).

Without being too familiar with Israeli politics, my sense is that it would be very unusual for Zionist Union to be asked to join the governing coalition, or asked to form a new governing coalition.  The suggestion that they might do so, and the delay in negotiations, are probably just bargaining tactics in Netanyahu's negotiations with the other right-wing parties.