Benjamin Netanyahu, a former Israeli prime minister, was officially given the go-ahead to form a new government on Sunday. Following an election in which Jewish far-right candidates saw a significant increase, this raised concerns both domestically and internationally.
President Isaac Herzog charged Netanyahu with forming the following coalition, noting that Israel’s longest-serving leader has gathered enough support from like-minded parties to win 64 of the 120 seats in parliament.
After an 18-month break in which he was replaced by a rare but fragile alliance of centrist, liberal, nationalist, and Arab politicians, this puts the conservative Netanyahu on the path to one of the most stable governments in years.
