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Netanyahu nominated to form Israel’s government after deadlocked election
Published time: 25 Sep, 2019 17:20 Edited time: 25 Sep, 2019 17:33
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu will get another chance to form the country’s next government after both his and rival Benny Gantz’s parties failed to secure anything approaching a majority in the Knesset last week.
Final results from the September 17 election gave the rightwing Likud 32 seats compared to Benny Gantz’s more moderate Blue and White’s 33 in the 120-seat parliament.
Israel’s longest-serving PM now faces the challenge of assembling a majority of at least 61 seats in the parliament - and with a corruption indictment hanging over his head, failure to unite a majority behind him could spell more trouble for him then just losing power.
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