
Israeli government DEADLOCKED as Netanyahu's future remains uncertain
FEMALE VICTIM KNEW EACH OTHER. BEFORE THE ATTACK. >> Bill: WE HAVE THE ISRAELI. PARLIAMENT DEADLOCKED AFTER AN. INCONCLUSIVE ELECTION. PRESIDENT HERZOG MUST DECIDE WHO. WILL FORM A NEXT GOVERNMENT AND. HOLDING TALKS WITH THE LEADERS. OF ALL PARTIES. JONATHAN HUNT, LIKE YESTERDAY, BRINGS US UP TO SPEED ON WHERE. WE ARE TODAY, JONATHAN, HELLO IN. TEL AVIV. >> GOOD MORNING, TO YOU, BILL. WE'RE APPROACHING THE END OF.
THIS CONSULTATION PROCESS WHICH. PRESIDENT HERZOG IS GOING. THROUGH. WE'RE ON DAY TWO OF THE TWO-DAY. PROCESS AND AT THE MOMENT IT IS. LOOKING GOOD FOR OPPOSITION. LEADER ICE . -- WHO THEY BELIEVE SHOULD BE. THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER, THE. FIGURES AT THE MOMENT AS OF THIS.
MORNING STOOD AT 56 FOR ICE EN. COT AND 46 FOR BENJAMIN. NETANYAHU. THE JOINT LIST, ARAB ISRAELI. PARTY. 11 VOTES THEY CONTROL AND JUST. HEARD FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP THAT. WHEN THEY MEET WITH PRESIDENT. HERZOG IN JUST ABOUT 25 MINUTES, THEY WILL BACK EISENKOT. HE WOULD THEN HAVE TO FORMALLY.
PUT T TOGETHER THAT COALITION. NOT EASY BECAUSE SOME IN HIS OWN. OPPOSITION BLOC HAVE SOME. RESTLATIONS ABOUT COOPERATING. WITH THE ARAB ISLY PARTIES. HE IS POSTING A LENGTHY SCRIBE. ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT IN WHICH. HE DIRECTLY ADDRESSED THE WHITE. HOUSE SAYING QUOTE, I LOOK. FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY AND. CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.
WHOSE FRIENDSHIP AND COMMITMENT. TO ISRAEL WE DEEPLY VALUE. TOGETHER WE CAN ADVANCE OUR. SHARED SECURITY INTERESTS, STRENGTHEN REGIONAL STABILITY. AND OPEN NEW DOORS TO PROSPERITY. FOR THE PEOPLES OF THE MIDDLE. EAST. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT SHARED. SECURITY INTERESTS, OBVIOUSLY. UPPERMOST IN EVERYONE'S MIND IS. IRAN, BILL. AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO. SEE AS IRAN LEADERS CONTINUE TO. GOAD PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER. REPUBLICAN LOSSES IN THE. MID-TERMS WHETHER THAT PLAYS.
INTO PRESIDENT TRUMP'S THINKING. IN WHAT HE DOES NEXT.