After concluding his consultations with the newly elected factions in the 22nd Knesset, and with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz receiving majority support for prime minister, President Reuven Rivlin invites both men to a meeting in a bid to hammer out a compromise and enable the formation of a unity government.
Both men confirmed that they will attend.
The meeting is slated to take place this evening, and will be closed to the press, the president’s office says.
Netanyahu received 55 recommendations to Gantz’s 54, after three lawmakers from the Balad party, part of the Arab Joint List, refused to endorse Gantz together with the remainder of the Arab factions.
Netanyahu has repeatedly called for a unity government, while Gantz has been more tight-lipped, and is holding out for a government without the Likud leader.
— Raoul Wootliff
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