Netanyahu Fails in Latest Attempt to Form Israeli Government

Netanyahu Fails in Latest Attempt to Form Israeli Government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to his supporters after the first exit poll results for the Israeli parliamentary elections at his Likud party's headquarters in Jerusalem on March 24, 2021. Ariel Schalit/AP Photo
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JERUSALEM—Benjamin Netanyahu’s deadline for forming a new Israeli government expired early on Wednesday, with the country’s longest-serving prime minister having failed to break more than two years of political deadlock.

There was also no guarantee that, after the conservative incumbent was unable to assemble a new coalition, parties outside his caretaker government could bridge their differences and unseat him.