President Rivlin tasks Yair Lapid with forming a government – Following Netanyahu’s failure again to break more than two years of political deadlock, the Yesh Atid leader will have four weeks to form a coalition, with reported agreements already made with Yamina head Bennett on rotational government | ynetnews

President Reuven Rivlin Wednesday announced that he has decided to task Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid with forming Israel’s next government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s deadline for forming a government expired at midnight, with the country’s longest-serving prime minister having failed again to break more than two years of political deadlock.