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Israel's Peres to ask Netanyahu to form coalition

Israeli President Shimon Peres was on Saturday expected to task Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a new government after two days of intense talks with parties elected to the new parliament.

Shimon Peres (centre) meets representatives of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-Beitenu list in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The Israeli President was on Saturday expected to task Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with forming a new government after two days of intense talks with parties elected to the new parliament.

On Thursday, Peres concluded the second day of back-to-back meetings with representatives of all 12 parties voted into Israel's 19th Knesset in last month's general election.

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