Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Has A Midnight Deadline To Form A Coalition Or Face A New Election

Daily Mail: Netanyahu has just hours to agree a coalition or Israel could be plunged into its second election in months after row over ultra-orthodox serving in army

* Voters could be forced to go to the polls just months after an April 9 election
* PM Benjamin Netanyahu wants to keep ultra-Orthodox military exemption policy
* But far-right former Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman wants to overturn it
* Without the five seats of Lieberman's party, Netanyahu cannot muster a majority
* If coalition deal not made, President Rivlin may select another MP to form one

Benjamin Netanyahu has just hours to cobble together a coalition or Israel could be plunged into its second snap election of the year.

Israelis could be forced to go to the polls just months after an April vote if the country's squabbling conservative parties can't agree a deal by midnight.

As the deadline loomed, there was no sign of a breakthrough in talks with far-right former defence minister Avigdor Lieberman.

Crisis has struck following a row between the leaders over policy which allows ultra-Orthodox men exemption from military conscription.

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More News On The Possibility Of A New Israeli Election

Hours to Deadline: Lieberman Digs in His Heels, Netanyahu Aims to Dissolve Knesset: Live Updates -- Haaretz
Netanyahu hours away from deadline for forming coalition govt -- Reuters
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form new government -- DW
Hours before deadline, Likud accuses Liberman of seeking to replace Netanyahu -- Times of Israel
Netanyahu's decade-long rule in doubt as coalition talks falter -- The Guardian

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