Benny Gantz, leader of Israel’s Blue and White Party, has asked the country’s president for a two-week extension as he tries to form a coalition government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A billboard shows Israeli parliament speaker Benny Gantz on a mostly empty free way because of the Coronavirus in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 29, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival was chosen on Thursday as the new speaker of parliament, an unexpected step that could pave the way to a power-sharing deal between the two men as the country grapples with a worsening coronavirus crisis.
But in an abrupt about-face, Gantz later said he would seek to form an “emergency” government with Netanyahu’s Likud party to confront a growingcrisis. His decision caused his Blue and White alliance to disintegrate, leaving him at the helm of a diminished version of the party.
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