Vote results on Friday confirmed a deadlock in the Zionist entity’s general election and put Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party as the second-largest, leaving him with a tough battle to extend his long tenure in office. The near-complete official results from Tuesday’s election gave ex-military chief Benny Gantz’s Blue ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for a broad coalition with his main rival after failing to win a parliamentary majority. President Reuven Rivlin, who is tasked with approving a new government, welcomed Netanyahu’s overture. Earlier on Thursday, Netanyahu called on Gantz to join him in a broad, unity ...