Benjamin Netanyahu Tapped to Form New Government in Israel

Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked Likud party-leader Benjamin Netanyahu to form the country’s new government, one day after he received the backing of the country’s third most powerful party, Yisrael Beiteinu.

Netanyahu will now have six weeks to form a coalition government and while he has the backing of religious and right-wing parties he will find it difficult to work with the centrist Kadima party which holds the most seats in Israel’s Knesset. Kadima leader Tzipi Livni has already said she would rather be in opposition rather than join a government formed by Netanyahu.

Despite Livni’s stance Netanyahu remained determined to reach out to all parties to form a “broad unity government,” stating “I call on Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni and Labour Party chairman Ehud Barak and I say to them - let's unite to secure the future of the State of Israel.”

Livni expressed willingness to join a coalition that included her Kadima party as well as Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu but said she would not work with far right and religious parties that clearly did not represent her party’s interests.

At the heart of the problem for Livni is the issue of Palestine and how to approach the continuing problems in Gaza. Livni is in favor of peace talks while Netanyahu has said he was not in favor of providing any concessions.

Netanyahu will also face issues concerning the global economic crisis that has hit Israel and the ongoing issues with Iran and their pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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