![Nic6449568 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the head of the right-wing Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett give a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2015, to announce the formation of a coalition government. Just ahead of the midnight deadline, Netanyahu managed to put together a narrow majority coalition, comprising his rightwing Likud party with centre-right Kulanu, far-right national-religious Jewish Home and two ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/02/GettyImages-472410196.jpg/GettyImages-472410196.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=cKRmzfVx)
![Nic6449568 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the head of the right-wing Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett give a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2015, to announce the formation of a coalition government. Just ahead of the midnight deadline, Netanyahu managed to put together a narrow majority coalition, comprising his rightwing Likud party with centre-right Kulanu, far-right national-religious Jewish Home and two ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/02/GettyImages-472410196.jpg/GettyImages-472410196.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=cKRmzfVx)
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![Nic6449568 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the head of the right-wing Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett give a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on May 6, 2015, to announce the formation of a coalition government. Just ahead of the midnight deadline, Netanyahu managed to put together a narrow majority coalition, comprising his rightwing Likud party with centre-right Kulanu, far-right national-religious Jewish Home and two ultra-Orthodox parties, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) and Shas.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/02/GettyImages-472410196.jpg/GettyImages-472410196.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=cKRmzfVx)
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