Israeli Leaders Recommend Premier Pick to Herzog After 61-Seat Majority Eludes Rivals
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Israeli Leaders Recommend Premier Pick to Herzog After 61-Seat Majority Eludes Rivals
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 2
Summary
Wednesday starts two days of meetings in which leaders from 11 Israeli parties will tell President Isaac Herzog whom they want to try forming the next government.
Herzog will then choose the candidate he sees as most viable and give that person up to six weeks to assemble a coalition after last Tuesday's election produced no clear majority in the 120-seat parliament.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot are expected to draw most recommendations, but neither camp reached the 61 seats needed to govern outright, setting up prolonged bargaining.
That leaves smaller parties and potential defectors from conservative, religious or Likud ranks with outsized leverage as Israel heads into another round of coalition horse-trading.