Friday, February 20, 2009

On Ground Updates: Israel - February 20, 2009

On Ground Updates:
Israel
Friday, February 20, 2009

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Netanyahu picked to form Israel government


About this News Video: Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the task of forming a new Israeli government, tendered to him by President Shimon Peres on Friday, and called for national unity with Israel's centrist Kadima party and its left-wing Labour party.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish Likud party leader and Israel's likely next prime minister, is looking to form a coalition government with his political rivals… Netanyahu was asked to form a new government on Friday after a tight Feb. 10 general election left the Israeli leadership in limbo. While the centrist Kadima party of Tzipi Livni won the popular vote, Netanyahu’s Likud mustered more support in parliament, paving the way for him to take the top spot. Along with the 15 seats of the nationalist Israel Beiteinu party of Avigdor Lieberman, who has thrown his support behind Likud, Netanyahu now commands 65 seats in the 120-seat Knesset… But his majority in parliament does not guarantee a workable government, and Netanyahu has already made it clear that he will look to bring Israel’s other political parties into a broad coalition…
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* YNETNews.com brings us this report today and it starts off like this… President Shimon Peres announced Friday he has decided to task Likud Chairman [Benjamin Netanyahu] with forming the next government… "Most of the factions have expressed their desire to see a broad government being established, and I asked Mr. Netanyahu that this wish will be reflected in the makeup of the government," Peres said at a press conference in his official residence… "The people of Israel need governmental stability in order to deal with the challenges that lie ahead," the president added…
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Peres tasks Netanyahu with forming government
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* SkyNews.com has this take on the news today and it starts off like this… President Shimon Peres has given him a mandate to form a coalition government… But Mr. Netanyahu now has his work cut out stopping that dream being turned into a nightmare… In the topsy turvy world of Israeli politics he says his ideal government is one that includes the people who were his arch rivals during this election campaign… To understand why you need to go back more than a decade...
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Netanyahu: Will Dream Turn Into Disaster
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