Israel's president taps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form next government

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Israel's president taps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form next government
The final results published Wednesday saw the Likud party win 32 out of the 120 seats in the Israeli Parliament, one behind Blue and White's 33.

Sept. 25, 2019, 12:17 PM CDT
By Saphora Smith and Paul Goldman

JERUSALEM — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday tapped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud party to form a new government after receiving the final results of last week’s deadlocked election.

Netanyahu now has 42 days to try and cobble together a government. If he fails to do so the opportunity could pass to the next candidate who the president thinks has the greatest chance of forming a government.

Israeli presidents are responsible for picking prime minister candidates after elections. The process is usually a formality but has recently become much more complicated since neither Netanyahu nor former three-star general Benny Gantz from the Blue and White party can build a stable parliamentary majority on his o

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