Struggling to form coalition, Netanyahu hails direct vote for PM as way out of deadlock

With two weeks left before Netanyahu's mandate to form a government expires, the prime minister calls on Naftali Bennett to join forces, or 'it means he has joined the left' https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-as-coalition-talks-fail-netanyahu-hails-direct-vote-for-pm-as-way-out-of-deadlock-1.9725276 #benjamin_netanyahu #yair_lapid #naftali_bennett #israeli_elections