JERUSALEM: Israeli President Shimon Peres tasked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday with forming a new government after two days of intense talks with the parties recently elected to the new parliament.
“I have decided to charge Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the government,” Peres said at a press conference at his official residence in Jerusalem, after 82 of the 120 members of the Knesset had declared in favour of the premier. “I hope that this task will soon be completed,” Peres said, as Netanhyahu stood beside him. AFP
