Ukraine in Arabic | Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu clinches last minute deal to form coalition
08.05.2015 - 10:42
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clinched an 11th hour deal with a far-right party to form a new coalition government. Kiev/ Ukraine in Arabic/ Jewish home party is the last piece in the jigsaw which gives Netanyahu 61 seats in the 120-seat Knesset
It came just before deadline to form a new government expired seven weeks after the election
Netanyahu had already secured deals with three parties the centrist kalana and two ultra-orthodox parties united torah Judaism and showers.
Bennett seem certain to push for the expansion of Jewish settlements in occupied territory a policy which could deepen Israel's rift over the issue with the United States