Tel Aviv: Benjamin Netanyahu has been handed over the mandate and tasked to form the new government in Israel on Sunday.
Netanyahu is set to be the Prime Minister for a record sixth time. He took to Twitter and added, “After a series of election campaigns, the people decided clearly in favour of establishing a government headed by me,”.
He further thanked all the members of the Knesset who recommended him to take up the position and said that it will be a stable and successful government that will work for the benefit of all the residents of the country.
Notably, Israeli President Isaac Herzog made the announcement on Friday after meeting with all the factions in parliament.
According to a CNN report, as the mandate has been handed over to him by President Herzog to take charge, Benjamin Netanyahu will have 28 days to form a new government, with the possibility of a 14-day extension if required as per Israeli law.
Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader, has returned to power with his right-wing Likud party in a far-right and Jewish ultra-Orthodox coalition. He had served as prime minister for 12 consecutive years before being ousted in June 2021 by a cross-partisan coalition led by Lapid.
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