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.
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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