Likud party in the lead by winning 31 of 120 seats in the Knesset, the new centrist party Yesh Atid's ability to win 19 seats under the leadership of Yair Lapid garnered all the attention. The results generated media debate about the possibility of a shift in Israeli policy vis-à-vis the Palestinians. In fact

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s 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 governing coalition by a midnight deadline.

s 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 governing coalition by a midnight deadline.

erry Plan, moreover, would almost certainly precipitate a new election in Israel, which is the only hope for peace. Centrists like Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Justice Minister Tzipi Livni control twenty-five seats in Netanyahu's coalition; they would not likely stay with him to fight an open-ended pol

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