Crunch time for Netanyahu as talks with rival politicians break down

Prime minister had potentially up to six weeks to form coalition but negotiations with the opposition stalled just days in

Benjamin Netanyahu could inform Israel’s president that he is unable to form a government as early as this week after unity talks with rival politicians broke down at the weekend, his Likud party said.

Israel has entered a period of political paralysis after an inconclusive election on 17 September. Neither Likud nor the opposition Blue and White party, led by ex-military general Benny Gantz, won a clear lead.

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