JERUSALEM (BLOOMBERG) - Israel's president rejected Benny Gantz's request for more time to put together a government, improving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of holding on to power.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JERUSALEM - Israel's president rejected Benny Gantz's request for more time to put together a government, improving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of holding on to power.
Under the current circumstances, three alternatives exist, and all of them favour Netanyahu, despite his looming graft trial. The prime minister could keep trying to form a government with Gantz's centrist Blue and White party, whose leverage to extract concessions - including a stint as premier - has shrunken dramatically.
"A couple of weeks ago we felt quite certain that we were going to get a government and avoid another election," said Reuven Hazan, a political science professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Now,"we are back to the multiple-option waiting game instead of waiting for a government to be formed." "Rivlin's decision reflects political reality: Gantz cannot form a government," Meital said."Prime Minister Bibi was once again revealed in his full capacity to dismantle a political opponent," he added, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.
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