"I announced to the head of state that I gave up forming a government." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday (October 21st) on social networks that he was throwing in the towel, recognizing the difficulty of forming a coalition government after the legislative elections of September 17, the results were very tight.
To explain his decision, Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing Likud party, spoke in a video posted on his Facebook account to "Israeli citizens." He confessed his inability to win a majority in the Parliament resulting from the elections held in September.
In the process, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin announced that he was charging the centrist rival of Benjamin Netanyahu and former Chief of Staff Benny Gantz to form a government.
All factions of the Knesset - the Israeli Parliament - will be informed that "the president intends to transfer the mandate to form the government, as soon as possible, to the president of Bleu-blanc, MP Benny Gantz", perhaps Reuven Rivlin said that the transfer would take place on Thursday.
With AFP and Reuters