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A new government the move comes after deadlock alexa. last week netanyahu likud party came in one seat behind the blue and white party led by benny gantz neither leader has been able to put together a coalition with a majority in the knesset. almost a year after the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated small west sea indonesia the international red cross says an estimated $57000.00 people are still being housed in temporary shelter aid officials said the focus was now only now switching fro...

Netanyahu or benny gantz won enough votes to form a coalition. were joined from outside the presidential residence. whats the latest on who might be able to form a governing coalition at this juncture? >> reporter: it seems almost certain at this point the political deadlock that has faced israel is set to continue. president respect ivlin has four parties to meet today but the key meeting was last night where he met with the potential kingmaker in israels election, an eight pif party seat, they...

He has to try to get israel out of this political uncertainty. there was another piece of major news coming out of the recommendations. the joint list, made up of a group of arab parties decided to recommend benny gantz. thats unusual. its happened once before in the history of israel. at that time, he campaigned on a platform of peace. it is a major milestone they came out and recommended not only a pro-israel scionist party, but former chiefs of staff. for them, it is their waif to oust netany...

President asked or pressured ukraines president to investigate his political rival, either directly or through his personal attorney, it would be troubling in the extreme. critical for the facts to come out. well, israels president is meeting with political party leaders to see who they recommend lead the country. he has to break the election impasse since neither prime minister benjamin netanyahu or benny gantz had enough to form a coalition. we have more now from jerusalem. >> reporter: its ne...

Government. >> reporter: the foreign defense minister has an eight-seat party. those eight seats are crucial, to benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz, as they try to get to the magic number of 61 seats. because lieberman chose not to make a recommendation, the stalemate seems almost certain to remain. israels president is wrapping up meetings with smaller parties. thats not expected to change the deadlock in any way. the joint list, a group of arab parties, decided to recommend benny gantz. the la...

>> reporter: the just wrapped up meetings doing what he can as he promised to break through months of political deadlock in israel. hes invited netanyahu and gantz here tonight. a closed door private meeting to try to find some way out of this mess. its not quite clear what he can do since none of the sides in israeli politics at least at this point seem to be willing to give ground. benny gantz will meet for the first time with the trump administrations peace team. that happened moments ago sig...

Happening now, talks are going on in israel as the country struggles to form a new government. netanyahu forced to snap election after he couldnt get a majority in a vote this year, but that move cost him some seats as the new prime minister. warren is in jerusalem for us. >> its nearly a week since the elections and israels political situation is no better now than it was before. the country seems certain to remain in the same political deadlock that led elections in the first place. on sunday,...

B become the prime minister. netanyahu used president trump to help, but could that have made things worse? >> his votes for the april election werent enough, and then in this past election, it seemed much less. as for whats happening right now, it seems like a political deadlock that is almost certain to stand. prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rival benny gantz met with the president. the key one, though, is oren liebermann. he is whats known as the king maker. he could determine who w...

Israels political situation is no better now than it was before. the country seems certain to remain in the same political deadlock that led to these elections in the first place. israels president began meeting with the political parties to see who they recommended to lead the country. blue and white recommended benny gantz while likud recommended benjamin netanyahu, no surprise there. he made no recommendation to the president on who should be the next leader of the country. that means both ga...

Those are crucial for whoever wants to form l a government and he said nothing. he made no recommendation of the president on who should be the next leader of the country. that means both will almost certainly fall shorlt of the seats required to form a government. another thing worth noting, the joint list of arab parties made an historic move recommending ganske, no recommendation. the only other time was in 1992 when they drew their support behind a a man who campaigned on a platform of peace...