Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israeli president he cannot form government
by Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#4SYJP)
Opposition leader Benny Gantz will have 28 days to build coalition or risk fresh election
Benjamin Netanyahu has informed Israel's president he has been unable to form a coalition government after talks with his political rival and former army chief Benny Gantz broke down.
In a video statement published on Monday evening - the day of his 70th birthday - Netanyahu said he and his Likud party had worked "incessantly" to forge a "broad national unity government" with Gantz's Blue and White party, but ultimately failed.
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