Israeli president Isaac Herzog tasks Benjamin Netanyahu with forming new government

The consultations for a new Israeli government coalition have been completed:

Israeli President Isaac Herzog completed consultations Friday with all parliamentary groups elected to the Twenty-Fifth Knesset.

In sum, 64 members of Knesset recommended to the President that he assign the task of forming a government to Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu MK.

Twenty-eight MKs recommended Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid MK, and four factions, representing 28 members of Knesset, decided to abstain from making any recommendation.

As noted before, Lapid did not meet the approval of the other leftist factions, save for the vastly diminished Labor, confirming even they don't consider him qualified enough to lead a government. So now, we'll see how well the upcoming rightist government will be formed.