Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to becoming Israel’s prime minister again after the nation’s president said he would hand him a mandate to form a coalition expected to be made up of right-wing, ultranationalist and religious parties
TEL AVIV—Benjamin Netanyahu moved closer to becoming Israel’s prime minister for a record sixth term after President Isaac Herzog said Friday that he would hand him a mandate to form a coalition expected to be made up of right-wing, ultranationalist and religious parties.
In consultations with Mr. Herzog this week, Mr. Netanyahu secured the recommendation of 64 lawmakers from his right-wing and religious bloc, giving him a clear majority in the 120-seat Parliament, or Knesset, after in under four years. The departing Prime Minister Yair Lapid received 28 recommendations from lawmakers.
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