Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced to President Reuven Rivlin that he is returning the mandate to form a governing coalition.
In a Facebook video posted Monday, Netanyahu said “Ever since receiving the mandate [to form a government] I have worked relentlessly … to establish a broad national unity government. This is what the people wants.”
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But he argued his efforts to “bring [Benny] Gantz to the negotiation table … and prevent another election” have failed, saying Kahol Lavan leader “refused time after time.”
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