Binyamin Netanyahu nearly ran out the clock on his mandate to form a new government with him as prime minister, calling Israeli President Yitzchok Herzog with just minutes left to the midnight deadline to inform him that he had successfully cobbled one together. Netanyahu announced his accomplishment in the briefest of statements that simple read, “I succeeded.” Netanyahu was at first given 30 days to form a government but requested and was given an additional 10 days by Herzog. The government Netanyahu has now formed is the 37th in Israel’s history and the sixth led by Netanyahu. The government will consist of 6 right-wing political parties: Likud, Shas, UTJ, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionism, and Otzma. Knesset Speaker MK Yariv Levin is expected to make it official the next time the body convenes on Monday, after which the new government will present its guidelines, makeup and distribution of roles. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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