Netanyahu resigned from forming a government in Israel | The …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has resigned from forming a new government in Israel. President Reuven Rivlin will now perform this task with his opponent Benny Gantz. In case of materialization, This would be the first time in more than ten years that a politician other than Prime Minister Netanyahu, four times, would try to form a government in Israel.

Netanyahu announced that he was resigning from the formation of a government through a video uploaded on various social networks, through which he claimed to have worked "relentlessly" in search of his own. a coalition, accusing Gantz of his failure. "In the last few weeks, I have done my best to get Benny Gantz to the negotiating table, but unfortunately he has simply refused on a number of occasions," said leftist nationalist party leader Likud.

"The time has come to act," said Gantz's party Monday in a statement. "Blue and White is determined to form a government of unity, led by Gantz, a government for which the Israelis voted a month ago," the text adds.

In the event that Gantz, the former Chief of the Armed Forces, can not form a coalition with a parliamentary majority within the 28 days he / she has the time limit, the assignment will be transferred to any other party leader having the same effect. majority support. If no MP receives support from Parliament within 21 days, or if he is unable to form a government during this period, Israel will participate in its third elections since the beginning of the year. This is the second failure of Netanyahu to form a governmentafter the last elections in May.