Israeli president begins consultations before tapping new prime minister

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Mon, 2019-04-15 06:26

JERUSALEM: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has begun consultations with representatives of the new parliament’s factions ahead of tapping the country’s next prime minister.
The talks should be a formality, given the results of last week’s general election. The ruling Likud and its traditional nationalist and Jewish ultra-Orthodox parties hold a 65-55 parliamentary majority and are expected to vouch for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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