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Monday, September 23, 2019
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Monday, September 23, 2019
Rivlin orders Gantz, Netanyahu to pose for handshake photo
President Reuven Rivlin asks his staff to take a photograph of the two frontrunners for prime minister shaking hands, part of his efforts at forcing the two men to find common ground in order to begin negotiations toward a unity government.
Since neither Benny Gantz nor Benjamin Netanyahu has a clear-cut majority in the 22nd Knesset, the president has some leverage to force such a compromise.
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