Officials from Israel's Likud and Kadima parties are reportedly re-examining the possibility of the two factions forming a ruling coalition.A report in Israel's Haaretz newspaper on Saturday said that the "senior figures" from both parties had again discussed the possibility of the parties' leaders alternating as prime minister.
Tzipi Livni, Kadima's leader, had previously rejected attempts by Benyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister-designate, to tempt her party into a coalition.
The alliance would give Netanyahu's government stronger international support because of Livni's stated commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Yoel Hasson, a senior Kadima legislator, said that the party "would be happy to renew unity talks" with Netanyahu, but on condition any joint government set Livni's goals as policy.