Rivlin Hands Netanyahu Mandate to Form Coalition
Netanyahu was mandated to build a coalition, so he has been working hard to make it happen. The Jerusalem Post reported:
Netanyahu’s strategy will be to pressure both Bennett and Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich to join the coalition even if it is backed by Ra’am (United Arab List), headed by MK Mansour Abbas. One possibility is to have Yamina join while both Smotrich’s and Abbas’s parties back the coalition from outside.
