Posted on 03/23/2015 6:09:05 AM PDT by goldstategop
Israel's Prime Minister has secured a majority of backers in the new parliament and will now be tasked with forming the next government.
Israel's ceremonial President, Reuven Rivlin, was meeting Monday with the parties in Parliament to hear their recommendations before appointing who will form the next coalition government. After a resounding election victory for his Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu was assured of getting that nod.
It became a formality after the new centrist party Kulanu gave its nod to Netanyahu as well, giving him 61 backers out of the 120 in Parliament.
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Formation of a new government will begin later in the week after Israel's President is notified of the official election results and then he can entrust Netanyahu with setting up the new government in the coming weeks.
Shouldn't he get permission from President Obama first?
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