President Herzog to Begin Coalition Consultations with Smallest Parties

President Isaac Herzog is set to begin the traditional round of consultations with Knesset faction representatives on Wednesday ahead of tasking a candidate with forming the next government. According to reports from The Jerusalem Post and Maariv, the President has made an unusual decision to start the meetings with the smallest parties; the consultations are scheduled to begin Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. with Religious Zionism-Zehut and conclude the following day at 8:30 p.m. with Likud.

The purpose of the meetings is to hear the recommendations of party leaders regarding the preferred candidate to form a government, following the recent election results. Further details regarding the conduct of these talks and political developments have not yet been released.