16-04-2020 09:55 via news.yahoo.com

Deadline Expires for Israel Power-Sharing Talks Without Deal

(Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz failed to reach a power-sharing deal by a midnight Wednesday deadline, making a fourth round of back-to-back elections increasingly likely.President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday gave parliament three weeks to find any candidate within its ranks who is able to form a government. Among other things, that could allow for the power-sharing talks to continue on another footing, and the sides said they intend to resume negotia
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