On first day of consultations with Rivlin, parties give Netanyahu 51 nominations [Israel Elections]

President eager to see the appointment of a new government as quickly as possible; Netanyahu has 51 recommendations to Herzog's 24.

President Reuven Rivlin began his consultations with representatives of the various parties on Sunday morning in an effort to form a governing coalition as quickly as possible.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the clear front-runner to form the next coalition, garnering on Sunday 51 recommendations versus Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog's 24 nominations.

After having met with and heard the recommendations of Likud, Zionist Union, The Joint (Arab) List, Bayit Yehudi, Shas and United Torah Judaism on Sunday, Rivlin was set to meet with representatives from Kulanu, Yesh Atid, Yisrael Beytenu and Meretz on Monday.

Rivlin is to take into account the party leader with the most recommendations from his peers when choosing who to task with forming the next coalition.

Rivlan is the President of Israel and it's his job to choose one Knesset Member to form the government. Right now, it has been reported that one small party on Netanyahu's side of the fence is preventing Netanyahu from forming the government, because they want Netanyahu to renounce he his support for the TWO-STATE SOLUTION, but Netanyahu has been on the news after the election saying that he still supports that per his Bar-Ilan speech, given right after Obama got into office. Another small party won't support Netanyahu either, until they get the ministry positions they want. SO, there's a lot of wrangling still going on. In addition to that President Rivlan has said that he wants to see a Unity Government with Herzog and Netanyahu in it. Herzog has said it's okay with him, and Netanyahu has, in the past, formed a Unity Government.

You really can't predict these things, so we'll just have to sit back and watch to see how it plays out! And by the way, it takes 60 seats (60 members of the Knesset) to form a government in Israel.

You really can't predict these things, so we'll just have to sit back and watch to see how it plays out! And by the way, it takes 60 seats (60 members of the Knesset) to form a government in Israel.

Actually 61 (a majority of the 120-member Knesset).

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