Gantz Gets Mandate to Try to Form Gov’t after Bibi Concedes Failure

By Staff, Agencies

The “Israeli” entity's incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday returned the mandate given to him by the entity’s so-called President Reuven Rivlin to form a governing coalition, conceding his failure to do so.

"A short time ago I informed the president that I was handing back my mandate to try to form a government," he said in a video posted to his social media pages.

Rivlin said shortly thereafter that the next politician entrusted with the mandate will be Benny Gantz, the chairman of the centrist Blue and White faction.

He too will have 28 days to attempt to do so, and will also face long odds.

Efforts to form a unity government after the polls, the second since April, have so far failed.

Blue and White issued a statement reading “The time of political spin is over, now it’s the time to act. Blue and White is resolved to form a liberal unity government headed by Benny Gantz, as elected by the people a month ago.”