“I received a statement from Netanyahu in which he announced the return of the mandate to create a government to the president, because he could not do it,” the president said on Twitter.

Today, Monday 21 October / 22 Tishrei, I received Prime Minister MK Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that he is returning the mandate to form the government because he was unable to do.

- Reuven Rivlin (@PresidentRuvi) October 21, 2019

As a result of the Israeli parliamentary elections held on September 17, not a single party was able to get a decisive advantage. The two main political forces of the country, the Likud party and the Kahol-Lavan bloc, received approximately the same number of seats in the Knesset.

In September, Netanyahu, the leader of the Likud party, commented on the early parliamentary elections in Israel. He stated that the country needs a "strong Zionist government."

More about the political situation in Israel - in the material RT.