President Rivlin Will Begin Meeting With Party Leaders Towards Assigning The Mandate To Form A GovernmentThe round of consultations with the various parties ahead of the formation of the government will begin next week at the President’s Residence.
President Reuven Rivlin visited this Knesset Wednesday morning, April 10, 2019, reportedly impressed by the vote counting process led by the Central Elections Committee.

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, condemns Netanyahu's pre-election rhetoric in support of annexing West Bank

Tallying ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners likely to be completed Thursday morning, with Naftali Bennett's party 4,300 votes short of entering Knesset

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PM thanks US president for his support of Israel, including recognition of Golan and strong stance against Iran

Blue and White leaders to give statement Wednesday evening, are expected to formally concede elections to Netanyahu

The number of ballots cast for parties that will not pass the electoral threshold necessary to win any seats in Israel’s 21st Knesset could be the highest in Israeli history—approximately 325,000—the equivalent of 10 parliamentary seats.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party appears to have edged out former Israel Defense Forces’ Chief of Staff Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party, and is expected to have sufficient support from center and right-wing parties to form a coalition government.
Far down the list, former head of the Jewish Home Party Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked’s New Right Party was reported to have garnered 127,000 votes—just 4,300 shy of 4 Knesset seats by midday on Wednesday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released a new version of his “Medicare-for-all” plan on Wednesday, putting a spotlight on the debate among 2020 Democratic presidential contenders over the future of America’s health-care system.
At an event on Capitol Hill, Sanders unveiled his latest version of a single-payer plan, which would replace the current patchwork of public and private insurers with a government-run system that Sanders argues would ultimately save consumers money.
Sanders said he is seeking to replace “a dysfunctional system which allows the top five health insurance companies to make over $20 billion in profits last year.”

President Trump on Wednesday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection victory increases the chances for a Mideast peace deal.
“Everybody said you can’t have peace in the Middle East with Israel and the Palestinians,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I think we have a chance and I think we have now a better chance with Bibi having won.”
Later Wednesday, Netanyahu said he received a congratulatory call from Trump while the president flew aboard Air Force One to Texas.
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