After Netanyahu's failure, Lapid tapped to form Israeli government

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure, President Reuven Rivlin has handed the mandate for composing the government to Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid.
GIL COHEN-MAGEN,MENAHEM KAHANA,DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images
This combination of pictures created on May 5, 2021, shows (L to R) Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid speaking during an interview in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud speaking during a ceremony marking Israel's Memorial Day in Jerusalem on April 13, 2021. - GIL COHEN-MAGEN,MENAHEM KAHANA,DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images
Mazal Mualem
Mazal Mualem
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Israelis are on another political rollercoaster today. This evening, President Reuven Rivlin announced he was handing Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid the mandate for composing the next government. This morning 56 Knesset members told the president they support Lapid for the job.

Rivlin made his decision after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to compose a majority-supported cabinet. Netanyahu’s mandate expired last night at midnight.

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