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Friday, April 30, 2021
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Friday, April 30, 2021
Netanyahu will only request extension of mandate from president if he can prove he’s close to sealing deal
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Internal Security Minister Amir Ohana (R) visit the site of an overnight fatal crush during a religious gathering at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, on April 30, 2021. (Ronen ZVULUN / POOL / AFP)
Despite the tragedy in Meron, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not planning on requesting an extension to the government-forming mandate unless he is indeed close to cobbling together a coalition and is able to prove such to the president, Channel 12 reports.
Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government expires on May 4.
The premier is not expected to form a government and the president will likely have to choose between giving it to Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, Yamina chair Naftali Bennett or another MK.
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