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Monday, May 13, 2019
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Rivlin grants Netanyahu 14 more days to form government
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAs expected, President Reuven Rivlin accepts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for a two-week extension in forming the next government.
“After you presented the need for additional time to complete forming a government, and according to clause 8 of Basic Law: The Government, I hereby extend the time allocated to form a government by 14 days,” Rivlin tells Netanyahu, according to a statement by his office.
Netanyahu will now have until May 29 to form the government, with no further extension permitted by law.
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