Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will begin consultations today with representatives of parties that managed to cross the threshold of the Knesset in the last elections in order to form a new government.
Rivlin will meet with party representatives over the coming days, amid a likely recommendation to form a joint national unity government of the two major parties, Blue White and Likud.
There is still uncertainty about the luck, where the competition is between Benny Gantz, leader of the "Blue White" with 33 seats, and Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud, which fell to 31 seats.
Gantz faces the dilemma of getting a recommendation from all parties affiliated with the center-left, specifically the joint list representing Arab parties, and the Yisrael Beiteinu party led by the right-wing Avigdor Lieberman, who has a tense relationship with the right-wing bloc.
The dilemma is caused by the election's unresolved victory with a landslide victory for a blue-white party, ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party.
Ahmed Tibi, head of the Arab Movement for Change from the Joint List, denied in a tweet on Saturday evening that the list would recommend Gantz's mandate. He said the meeting of the MPs of the list has not led to a decision yet, and consultations are expected to continue today.
But the former Knesset member and leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a partner in the JMP, also wrote on Twitter on Sunday that the NDA opposes recommending Gantz's mandate because of his right-wing views, and because he is seeking a unity government with Likud, and has no intention of abolishing nationalism and cements.
The law of Jewish super-nationalism gives Israel all other groups and minorities.Israel declares a national home for Jews only, while the Chemnitz law aims to put in place mechanisms to accelerate the destruction of thousands of Arab homes, claiming that they are built without a permit, and raise the fines on the owners.
In contrast, Lieberman did not specify his position on recommending Gantz to form a government, and Maariv newspaper reported that Lieberman will decide his position after consultations with President Rivlin.
Lieberman said earlier that he would only nominate the person who would publicly pledge to establish a broad liberal government coalition, and denied that there was any agreement between him and Gantz to recommend the latter, and said that he had not made any contacts with Gantz or Netanyahu, and will not do before the meeting of the Yisrael Beiteinu parliamentary bloc Sunday.
In fact, the results of the Israeli elections produced four factions in the Knesset, the right-wing bloc, which includes most of the right-wing and ultra-orthodox parties led by Netanyahu. According to the unofficial semi-final results, it won 55 seats, the center-left bloc led by Gantz with 44 seats, the joint list with 13 seats, and the Israel Party. Our right-wing house won eight seats.