In a serious blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political ambitions, Israel’s president has tasked retired army chief Benny Gantz with forming a new government.
After receiving the endorsement of 61 lawmakers in the country’s 120-seat Knesset during consultations Sunday, Reuven Rivlin has given Gantz, whose centrist Blue and White Party came up short in Israel’s March 2 elections, 28 days to form a new government.