Israel’s Gantz, Netanyahu given 48 hours to form unity govt


Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Benny Gantz shake hands at a memorial service for late Israeli president Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, on September 19, 2019. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (centre) has given Gantz 48 hours to reach a deal on an emergency unity government with his former election rival. – EPA pic, April 14, 2020.

ISRAEL’S parliament speaker Benny Gantz was given 48 hours today to reach a deal on an emergency unity government with his former election rival, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

The narrow negotiating window was approved by President Reuven Rivlin minutes after Gantz’s four-week mandate to form a government expired. 


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