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99.3 percent of the ballots counted, the YNet news site reported Wednesday morning that Mr. Netanyahu's Likud Party had possibly won 30 seats in the Knesset and Mr. Herzog's Zionist Union had got 24 seats. While Mr. Netanyahu ended up with more seats, it is Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, who will de
on 30 seats in the Knesset and Mr. Herzog's Zionist Union had got 24 seats. While Mr. Netanyahu ended up with more seats, it is Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, who will decide which leader gets to cobble together the next coalition government, the norm in a multiparty state where no one party has ever won
Bennett putting themselves forward." Axios adds, "As expected, Rivlin opted to give the mandate to Lapid, who has managed to get 56 members of the Knesset to support him so far, including the six members of Gideon Sa'ar's breakaway right- wing party." Axios reports that Bennett "said he was determined t
. The AP <harps://apnews.com/article/middle-east-israel-10545951 d0b433bc64c1542f9be55eb4> (5/5, Edri) reports that on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tasked opposition leader Yair Lapid with forming a new government a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a governi
Bennett putting themselves forward." Axios adds, "As expected, Rivlin opted to give the mandate to Lapid, who has managed to get 56 members of the Knesset to support him so far, including the six members of Gideon Sa'ar's breakaway right-wing party." Axios reports that Bennett "said he was determined
t progress." Opposition Leader Lapid Has Four Weeks To Form New Israeli Government. The AP (5/5, Edri) reports that on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tasked opposition leader Yair Lapid with forming a new government a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a govern
i Bennett putting themselves forward." Axios adds, "As expected, Rivlin opted to give the mandate to Lapid, who has managed to get 56 members of the Knesset to support him so far, including the six members of Gideon Sa'ar's breakaway right-wing party." Axios reports that Bennett "said he was determined
t progress." Opposition Leader Lapid Has Four Weeks To Form New Israeli Government. The AP (5/5, Edri) reports that on Wednesday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin tasked opposition leader Yair Lapid with forming a new government a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a govern
ot in good faith over a possible unity government but 'with childish videos and slogans.' For the next three weeks, the law allows any member of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, a chance to do what Gantz and Netanyahu could not: cobble together the 61 votes needed to form a government. If this, too, fa
mandate to try is expiring with no parliamentary majority in sight. ... Gantz said in a statement Wednesday that he had informed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that it was not possible to form a government. 'I left no stone unturned. I sifted through every grain of sand,' Gantz said in a televised address.
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