Netanyahu is about to form a new government

Benjamin Netanyahu should be charged Wednesday night with forming the next Israeli government, which would debut under the sign of the Prime Minister's judicial troubles and the expected US initiative to settle the conflict with the Palestinians.

President Reuven Rivlin receives at 19H00 (16H00) the one he entrusts the care of forming a government following the legislative 9 April. Both will speak after 8:00 pm

Except thunderclap, the elected will be the outgoing Prime Minister. Netanyahu has the support of 65 out of 120 MPs in the new Knesset. He will have 28 days to get along with his partners around a government agreement. The deadline can be extended by 14 days.

If he succeeds, Mr. Netanyahu, 69, dominant figure to the point of seeming unbeatable, start a fifth term. In power continuously since 2009 and for 13 years in total with a previous term between 1996 and 1999, it would delight in July the record of longevity David Ben Gurion, founding father of the State of Israel.

At the head of the most right-wing government in Israeli history between 2015 and 2019, Netanyahu would lead a coalition at least as far right-wing, composed of more or less radical and more or less religious formations, and ultra-conservative parties. Orthodox representing the 10% of Israelis rigorously observing the rules of Judaism. ......

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