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TV: Likud now not expected to recommend Bennett form government
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn an apparent reversal, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party is now not expected to recommend Yamina chief Naftali Bennett be tasked with forming a government, Channel 12 news reports.
The reported change of heart is due to Bennett not ruling out forming a government with Netanyahu’s political rivals, according to the network.
The report comes before Netanyahu’s mandate to form a government expires at midnight.
While Netanyahu’s party never declared it would recommend Bennett, numerous reports suggested Likud was weighing doing so as a way of preventing the Yamina leader from assembling a coalition with anti-Netanyahu parties.
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