ernment a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a governing coalition by a midnight deadline." According to the AP, Rivlin "spent the day consulting with all of the parties elected to Israel's parliament and announced late Wednesday that he believes Lapid has the best ch

ernment a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a governing coalition by a midnight deadline." According to the AP, Rivlin "spent the day consulting with all of the parties elected to Israel's parliament and announced late Wednesday that he believes Lapid has the best c

rnment a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "failed to cobble together a governing coalition by a midnight deadline." According to the AP, Rivlin "spent the day consulting with all of the parties elected to Israel's parliament and announced late Wednesday that he believes Lapid has the best ch

cus of the Zionist Union campaign, or the election generally, he made clear that if elected he would try to restart negotiations. Late Tuesday, Mr. Rivlin said he would work for a national unity government with Likud and the Zionist Union. It is difficult to see how Mr. Netanyahu could find enough comm

ent will be Reuven Rivlin, a respected right- wing politician who opposes creation of a Palestinian state — the cause Peres championed. However well Rivlin performs, it's unlikely Americans will approach him at the end of his career wiping away tears. WSJ Obama's Foreign-Policy Failures Go Far Beyond