Yisrael Beytenu has recommended Binyamin Netanyahu to form the next government, in a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin Monday at the Presidential Residence. He now has 67 MKs in his possible coalition.
Interior Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud) called on the nationalist parties that appear to be headed into the next coalition to tone down their demands and make it possible to establish a new government as soon as possible.
"I sincerely hope that the partners from the Right will compromise and make it possible to form a government quickly,” he told Kol Yisrael radio. “The negotiation needs to be carried out to its conclusion, and I hope [the right wing parties] do not cause the prime minister to opt for unity, by leaving him no other choice.”
President Reuven Rivlin will probably task Netanyahu with establishing the government on Wednesday, after the Central Elections Committee officially publishes the complete election results.
The Kulanu party under Moshe Kahlon recommended Netanyahu as the next prime minister earlier Monday, joining Likud, Jewish Home, Shas and UTJ.