Published July 23, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, center, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, head of the Likud party, and Benny Gantz, chair of Blue and White, to discuss forming an emergency unity government, March 15, 2020. (Koby Gideon/GPO)
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