Benjamin Netanyahu has six weeks to put together a governing coalition. (AP)Netanyahu Secures Support He Needs to Form Majority -- Wall Street Journal
JERUSALEM -- Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu took a significant step toward leading Israel's next government, securing the support of Avigdor Lieberman, a controversial nationalist politician whose Yisrael Beitenu party placed third in the Feb. 10 vote.
Mr. Lieberman, however, conditioned his support on Mr. Netanyahu's ability to form a broad-based unity government with his chief rival, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Ms. Livni's centrist Kadima Party doesn't have the support among other parties to form a government despite having placed first in the elections.
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