IM Issue 24 – April 2009

Netanyahu Picked to Form New Israeli Government

After the failure of his last-ditch effort to muster Kadima leader Tzipi Livni’s support for a unity government, President Shimon Peres formally entrusted Likud chairman Benjamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu with the task of building a national coalition government. The right-wing Netanyahu was given 42 days to put together a coalition that might draw on Labor and Kadima, though he also spoke favorably of including the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, which made substantial gains in the national election.

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