Arab party backs Netanyahu rival for prime minister, Israel president floats unity government.
JERUSALEM — Israel's president on Sunday began consulting with party leaders to discuss who should lead the country after no clear victor emerged from last week's election, suggesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud join forces with its main rival.
In a meeting with Likud party leaders, Rivlin said it was up to the"two biggest parties, the first and second that are almost equal in size, to join forces ... so that you together manage and establish a system that brings a stable government.
Gantz, however, got a boost from the Arab-dominated Joint List, which said it was ending it usual policy of not supporting any of the main candidates after elections.
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