The Middle East ticker: Legal news from around the region
With support of 67 parliamentarians, Netanyahu set to begin forming a government: Benjamin Netanyahu’s big election victory just got more official, with the leadership of parties representing a majority of the Knesset formally recommending that Israel’s President Ruby Rivlin task Netanyahu with the formation of a government. Most analysts believe Netanyahu will form a narrow government composed of the right-of-center and religious parties which recommended him—but there are signs he may try to include some centrists as well. As he begins this coalition-forming process, Netanyahu is also struggling to contain the damage from incendiary campaign statements, apologizing directly to local Arab leadership and trying to reassure the United States and the broader international community that he remains committed to two states for two peoples.
Source: www.brookings.edu