Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially formed a new government and notified President Isaac Herzog.
Netanyahu had until midnight Wednesday to form the government after winning elections in November, securing his sixth term as prime minister.
“I got it,” Netanyahu wrote on Twitter 10 minutes before the deadline. “I was able to establish a government that will work for the benefit of all Israeli citizens,” he added in a separate tweet, alongside a brief clip of him smiling while on the phone with Herzog, informing him.
The announcement followed 38 days of negotiations between Netanyahu and his right-wing and religious partners, who still need to finalize their power-sharing deals with the prime minister and the Likud Party….