Israel's Netanyahu races to form government ahead of deadline - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/ne

May 06, 2015 20:54

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Wednesday locked in a last-ditch effort to piece together a ruling coalition with a working majority ahead of a midnight deadline.

With less than 12 hours left, talks with the far-right Jewish Home - the only potential coalition partner yet to agree to join a Netanyahu government - took on heightened urgency.

If Netanyahu manages to sign the party, as expected, it will give him a razor-thin majority of 61 within the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament.

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