Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try and form government

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Israel's president said Tuesday that no party leader has enough support to form a governing majority but handed that job to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid his corruption trial.

Reuven Rivlin's announcement in Jerusalem nudged forward the twin dramas over the country's future and Netanyahu's fate, giving Israel's longest-serving premier a fresh chance to try to salvage his career. Netanyahu holds the most support -- 52 seats -- in Israel's splintered Knesset, but that is still short of a 61-seat majority.

"No candidate has a realistic chance of forming a government that will have the confidence of the Knesset," Rivlin said. If the law allowed, he would have given the decision back to the Knesset to resolve. "Benjamin Netanyahu has a slightly higher chance of forming a government," Rivlin said. "I have decided to entrust him with the task of doing so.

 

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They love their corruption don’t they.....

He's a terrorist and war criminal. And the president picked him? And his campaign focus is telling his people he won't allow them to be charged with war crimes? So isn't that a confession that he and they did commit war crimes? That's fukced up.

Corruption for the win!😒

May you end up like Sarkozy.

How is this guy not Donald's roommate in jail?

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