
Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try and form government
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Israel’s president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong his lengthy term in office while on trial for corruption charges.
Nonetheless, Rivlin said that there was nothing in the law preventing Netanyahu from serving as prime minister. After consulting with the 13 parties in the newly elected parliament, Rivlin said that Netanyahu had the best chance of any candidate of forming a new government. "No candidate has a realistic chance of forming a government that will have the confidence of the Knesset," Rivlin said. But, he added, Netanyahu has a "slightly higher chance" of being able to.More Related News