25-03-2015 20:25

Netanyahu gets go-ahead to form Israel's next government

By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, grappling with fierce White House disapproval, won consent from Israel's president on Wednesday to try to form a new coalition government. The surprise victor of a March 17 election, Netanyahu looks well set to assemble a heavily right-leaning cabinet that will control 67 of parliament's 120 seats - a large majority in a country where no one party has ever been able to rule by itself. President Reuven Rivlin had
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