Jair Lapid, the new prime minister-designate of the Israeli government, announced tonight that he would try to form a unity government "as soon as possible."

"We need a government that reflects the fact that we do not hate each other. A government in which the left, the right and the center will work together to meet the economic and security challenges we face. "A government that will show that our differences are a source of strength, not weakness." Lapid said after Israeli President Reven Rivlin entrusted him with the task of forming a ruling coalition because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not do so.

The Israeli president announced live on television that he had chosen Lapida as prime minister-designate and said Netanyahu had informed him on Tuesday that he could not form a government and return his mandate.

Rivlin also said that Israeli presidents must consider who has the best chance of forming a government that will have the confidence of the new parliament.

"According to the number of recommendations, it is clear that MP Jair Lapid can form a government that has confidence in the Knesset, despite many difficulties," said the Israeli head of state, whose role in political life is ceremonial but crucial after the election.

The fourth parliamentary elections in less than two years took place on March 23, but there was no clear winner.

After that, Rivlin entrusted the mandate to form the new government to 71-year-old Netanyahu, whose conservative Likud party won the most, 30 of the 120 parliamentary seats.

Netanyahu could not agree on a coalition of at least 61 lawmakers within four weeks.

He planned to form a right-wing government.

Announcing Lapid's 57-year-old appointment, Rivlin said he had decided whether he or anyone else would lead the government in the first place, alluding to previous deals to rotate Lapid's right-wing party leader and former Jamin Naftali Bennett. a Netanyahu associate, whose role could be important in forming a coalition.

President Isarella said that the Israelis have been facing confusion for some time, if not a political crisis, but that they must not allow their faith to be damaged in the right way.

Lapid's party is the second largest in the Knesset with 17 deputies, and he, as he said earlier, is trying to replace Netanyahu, who is currently on trial for corruption, AFP reported.

Lapid entered parliament in 2013 after a successful career as a columnist, TV presenter and author.

The President of Israel has decided that the leader of the opposition Lapid will be the prime minister-designate

He was finance minister in Netanyahu's government, but did not agree with him, so the coalition quickly collapsed.

The Future Party has been in opposition since the 2015 election and is popular with middle-class secular voters, criticizing Netanyahu's close ties to ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.

Today, after consulting with party officials, Rivlin rejected the pro-Netanyahu bloc's proposal to ask parliament to appoint a prime minister instead of electing another prime minister, estimating that this would lead to a fifth election, and that all options would not be used.

Lapid received support from 56 lawmakers and had previously offered to share power with Bennett.

In a televised address tonight, Bennett explained that he was in favor of a broad-based government in order to avoid new elections.

"The door is open to all parties. I can not promise that we will be able to form such a government. "I promise we will try," Bennett said.

If the opposition succeeds in forming a unity government, it will mark the end of the rule of Netanyahu, who has been prime minister for 12 years in a row. Otherwise, Israelis could vote for the fifth time since April 2019 in the fall.

"It seems that maybe in a few days or weeks, we could have a functioning government in which Mr. Netanyahu. That would be a revolutionary change, "said Johanan Pleshner, president of the Democratic Institute of Israel, adding that" the fifth consecutive election is still ongoing. "The accident is a real possibility," the Associated Press reported.

Reaching a final agreement will not be easy because it is necessary to agree on seven parties that have different plans and with the support of at least one of the two sides of the Israeli Arabs, according to the US agency.