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Lapid, Gantz to meet as Yesh Atid leader hopes for chance to form coalition
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Then Blue and White leaders Benny Gantz (right) and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid will meet with Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz later this evening, the former’s office says.
Gantz recommended that Lapid be tapped with forming the next government, but the Yesh Atid leader received fewer nods than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was given the first stab.
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