Netanyahu challenger Gantz chosen to form new Israeli government

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Israel’s president says he has given opposition leader Benny Gantz the first opportunity to form a new government&comma; following an inconclusive national election earlier this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reuven Rivlin’s office announced the president’s decision late on Sunday after he consulted with leaders of all of the parties elected to parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The president had summoned prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his challenger Mr Gantz to an emergency meeting&comma; ahead of his decision about who should lead Israel’s next government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was hoped the meeting would break the deadlock that has paralysed the political system for the past year and could threaten the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;151866" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-151866" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;27FE3F77-2F02-49AF-A6C7-BEF0B698DB1E&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-151866" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-151866" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Israel’s president Reuven Rivlin summoned the two men to his residence on Sunday<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The decision raises questions about Mr Netanyahu’s political future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His Likud emerged as the largest party in the March 2 election&comma; Israel’s third in under a year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But with his smaller religious and nationalist allies&comma; he received the support of only 58 politicians during Sunday’s consultations&comma; leaving Likud three seats short of the required majority in parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Gantz’s Blue and White party received the support of parties representing 61 seats&comma; a slim majority&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But those parties are also divided&comma; and it is not clear whether Mr Gantz will succeed in putting together a coalition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He will now have a month to cobble together a governing coalition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu&comma; in his caretaker role&comma; had invited Mr Gantz to join him in an emergency government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Gantz had left the door open to such an arrangement&comma; but also dismissed the offers as insincere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Facing a difficult decision&comma; Mr Rivlin had earlier implored for a power-sharing unity deal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Anyone who has watched the news in recent days understands that this is a time of trial&comma; and that these are not regular consultations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We must now deal with forming a government as soon as possible … at this complex time&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Over the past week&comma; the coronavirus outbreak has overshadowed the country’s precarious political standoff — which comes as Mr Netanyahu prepares to go on trial for corruption charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;151865" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-151865" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;03&sol;6EF93938-3C05-49E0-88A3-827395507F8F&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-151865" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-151865" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">An empty shopping street in Hadera in Israel following the imposition of tough new restrictions to try and slow the spread of the new coronavirus<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu got an important reprieve on Sunday when the Jerusalem court handling the case postponed his trial for two months because of restrictions connected to the coronavirus outbreak&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Netanyahu was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday to face charges of fraud&comma; breach of trust and accepting bribes in connection to a series of scandals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But following the emergency health measures the government enacted restricting the gathering of people in public places&comma; the court announced that it was pushing back the hearing until May 24&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Much of the country ground to a standstill on Sunday&comma; with schools&comma; shopping centres and places of entertainment shut down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Employees were encouraged to work from home and strict restrictions have been placed on personal interactions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The virus has spread to more than 100 countries&comma; infected more than 150&comma;000 people worldwide and killed more than 5&comma;700&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Israel&comma; some 200 people have been infected with no casualties yet&comma; as severe measures seem to have proven effective so far&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed1217a0121">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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