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Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has nominated the country’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to try and form a coalition government.
Netanyahu, the country’s Israel’s longest-serving leader, will now have 28 days to break the country’s political impasse and form a governing coalition, but can request a two-week extension from the President.
The President can also assign the task to someone else if no government is formed.
Last month’s inconclusive – and unprecedented fourth general election in just two years – means there will be furious negotiations over the next few weeks as Netanyahu will have to win over enough parties to form a 61 seat majority needed to rule.
Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party received the most amount of recommendations from the election, securing 52 lawmakers in the 120-member Knesset.
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Centrist politician and ex-Finance Minister Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party gleaned 45 endorsements and former Defence Minister Naftali Bennett of the far-right Yamina party got seven.
Israel has been stuck in a political stalemate as four elections, seen by many as referendums on Mr Netanyahu’s rule, have all proved inconclusive.
The five term prime minister, Israel’s longest serving premier, has been campaigning under the shadow of three corruption cases, charges he has vehemently and repeatedly denies.
The invitation from President Rivlin came on the same day as Netanyahu faced corruption charges in court.
Netanyahu attended part of Monday’s court hearing, and once again accused the prosecution of “an attempted coup” aimed at ousting a “strong, right-wing prime minister”.
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