Netanyahu received a mandate • negotiationsbegan: Shas team will meet today with the Likud team

The coalitional negotiating team of Shas will meet this afternoon with Likud's negotiating team, in KfarMaccabiah in Ramat Gan. Shas negotiating team includes the leadership trio - AryehDeri, Eli Yishai and Ariel Atias–where alongside them is a professional negotiator team, which is under the political leadership. Professional staff appointed attorney David Glass, Attorney NadavAsaeland Moshe Habba, a leader of the former Budget Division.

Negotiating team of the Likud has begun informal talks for the establishment of the coalition, with parallel meetings of the negotiating teams of the various parties, to be held in KfarMaccabiah, there are alternative and covert channels, including the teams of the Likud and YeshAtid who will attempt to resolve the snare of equality burden.

Already today, representatives of the Likud Party will meet with the YeshAtid team, followed by a team of HabayitHayehudi, Shas and Kadima. Hatnua was also summoned to send a negotiating team.

On Motzei Shabbos, after the recommendations of the 82 members of the Knesset, the President of Israel Shimon Peres awarded the formation of the new government on Benjamin Netanyahu. "The country needs a new government as soon as possible," Peres said, "I thought about it and decided to impose on Benjamin Netanyahu the formation of a new government, after getting his consent, as required by law.

"Representatives of the various lists brought up important issues and sought to be taken into account in the process of forming the government. This includes the budget deficit, social justice, war against discrimination, equality burden, induction into the army, renewing political negotiations to achieve peace, and how to cope with existing threats to Israel - these issues will move to the attention of the Prime Minister.

"I hope," Peres added, "that the work will be completed soon. Israel needs political stability and economic order to have the capacity to accept the decisions required for serious issues which are on the agenda. Challenges are multiple, serious and urgent, and the people expect that a proper government will be established so they can pull up their sleeves and do their job. "

The ceremony was scheduled for Friday night already, but upon the request of the religious parties it was postponed to Motzei Shabbos, due to fear of desecration of Shabbos.

Netanyahu thanked the President and said: "It is a great privilege and responsibility. In the past four years we managed a global economic crisis and unprecedentedregional upheaval, we set up a stable government, the governments of Israel, but the security and general crises all around us has not passed and has even intensified, and presents us with challenges that we did not have for many years . Deadly weapon is being built around us, threatening our citizens. "

Netanyahu addressed the issue of equality burden and said: "I aspire to equality burden which will not tear the nation and lead to civil war." He also called for those who stated that they will not sit in his government "to reconsider the matter."

Now Netanyahu has 28 days by law to form a government, with an extension - by request - of two weeks.

Peres opened the meetings on Wednesday with representatives of Likud and YisraelBeiteinu and YeshAtid and they recommended Benjamin Netanyahu. The next day HabayitHayehudi, Shas, YahadutHatorah and Kadima recommended Netanyahu to the President.

Avodah Party Chairman Shelly Yachimovich, chose not recommend any candidate to form the next government, as did representatives of Meretz, Hatnua, UAL - Taal, Hadash and Balad.

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