Israel’s President Rivlin is due to make a decision on October 24 on whether to extend for another 14 days the mandate he granted to Benjamin Netanyahu to form Israel’s next Government.
Reports that Rivlin will not give Netanyahu that 14 days extension—even if requested by Netanyahu—seems counterproductive to doing everything possible to avoid a third election within 12 months.
The President should also take advantage of that 14-day period to order a recount of votes to answer a query that the September election results have thrown up—which is encapsulated in this email I sent to the Central Elections Committee on 29 September:
“I would be pleased if you could give me an explanation to my following comment relating to the final count in the September 2019 elections:
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