Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he would fight for a return to power and join the opposition.
Yair Lapid stressed that they will not be part of the next government.
“But we must be united after the elections, after we returned as dissidents,” he added.
Director General of the Office of the President Eyal Shviki sent official letters this morning to representatives of parliamentary blocs informing them that President Isaac Herzog will begin a round of consultations on Wednesday with all parliamentary blocs elected to the 25th Knesset. November 9.
“With the official results of the elections for the 25th Knesset, President Herzog will begin on Wednesday a round of consultations with representatives of the parliamentary blocs elected to the Knesset, after which he will speak with candidates recommended by the parliamentary blocs for a mandate to form a government,” the statement said. .
He stated that the statutory consultation process would be broadcast live from the President’s headquarters, after which President Herzog would announce a candidate who would entrust him with the task of forming a government.
Source: RT + Israeli media