Report: Netanyahu Mulling Non-Majority Government Amid Coalition Deadlock

By i24 News
Posted on 05/16/19 | News Source: MATZAV

As Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu’s attempts to form a viable coalition come to a standstill, the premier is reportedly mulling over a forming a non-majority government of just 60 lawmakers.

According to the Yediot Ahronot, the coalition would be formed without the Avigdor Liberman-led Yisrael Beytenu party who has refused to back down on his demand to draft yeshiva bochurim into the army putting him at odds with the charedi parties.

Failure to bridge the impasse led to the dissolution of Netanyahu’s last government and resulted in the call for snap elections in the first place.

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