Israeli president picks Netanyahu to try and form government

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

JERUSALEM — Israel’s president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong his lengthy term in office while on trial for corruption charges.

In his announcement, President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged that no party leader had the necessary support to form a majority coalition in the 120-seat Knesset. He also noted that many believe Netanyahu is unfit to serve in light of his legal problems.

Nonetheless, Rivlin said that there was nothing in the law preventing Netanyahu from serving as prime minister. After consulting with the 13 parties in the newly elected parliament, Rivlin said that Netanyahu had the best chance of any candidate of forming a new government.

“No candidate has a realistic chance of forming a government that will have the confidence of the Knesset,” Rivlin said. But, he added, Netanyahu has a “slightly higher chance” of being able to.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/06/israeli-president-picks-netanyahu-to-try-and-form-government-479139

[Mosby]

1. Their system is so stupid.

Just change it already.

[George II]

2. Good luck with that, Bibi. By the way..........

no knock on you but who writes these headlines?

One of my pet peeves back to my college days is people who say "try AND form", or whatever. Proper grammar is "try TO form". Guess I'm just an ol' curmudgeon.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I thought I was the only one with that pet peeve!

I see the "try and..." vs "try to..." ALL the time and I scream.

[bahboo]

4. jesus...can't they get rid of that piece of excrement...

[elleng]

5. 'no party leader had the necessary support' so give it 'back' to the tried and true

crook.

[apnu]

6. Again?

Didn't Bibi fail at this last time?

[malthaussen]

7. Gonna run that play 'til they get it right.

Why do football teams hire losing coaches, baseball teams hire losing managers, and governments hire losing politicians?

[dalton99a]

8. They need to pass a law and let that fucker stay in office until 2036

[greenjar_01]

9. Yeeesh

PM for life.

[Ace Rothstein]

10. Bibi is Jason Voorhees

[Javaman]

11. are they all colluding to keep yahoo out of jail?

they see to keep giving this crook a lifeline to prevent him from going to jail.