"Due to the refusal (Netanyahu -

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) to form a right-wing government, which would certainly lead to the formation of a government with the accession of other members of the Knesset, Prime Minister Netanyahu returns the mandate to the president," the Israeli Likud party said on its Twitter account. ...

The term of the prime minister's mandate to form a government has expired.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden held talks with the Israeli prime minister.