The Israeli channel Kan reported that “the head of the Israeli opposition, the leader of the Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is seeking to delay the dissolution of the Knesset for a few days so that he can establish contacts with parties to form an alternative government without going to early elections.” New”.

And the channel pointed out: “Netanyahu’s trend comes amid recent opinion polls that show his camp will once again be unable, if elections are held, to win the majority needed to form a government.”

She explained: “This is why Netanyahu prefers to buy more time to try to form an alternative government, and Netanyahu is having difficulty getting a 60-seat bloc into the Knesset (parliament). As long as this barrier remains, he will not have the ability to form a government.”

The candidate charged with forming the government must win the support of a majority of 61 members of the 120 Knesset.

The opposition currently has a block of 55 seats, not counting the six seats from the Joint Arab List, having previously said it would not support a government led by Netanyahu.

But the leader of the opposition can turn to the right-wing members of the current coalition to enlist their support and save the country from moving to a new round of elections.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Monday evening their agreement to dissolve the Knesset (parliament) and appoint the latter as head of an interim government during a transitional period ending in early elections. after grueling attempts to achieve stability in the “coalition” country, the joint statement said.