Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with the country's president, Shimon Peres, to request an extension in forming a cabinet, the Jewish Daily Forward reports.
The meeting was scheduled for Saturday night, which is the deadline for forming a government.
According to Israeli law, Netanyahu can request up to two weeks' extension, which Peres has already said he will approve. With the extension, Netanyahu will have until March 16 – four days before the arrival of President Obama for his first trip to Israel as president – to form a government.
Netanyahu’s Likud party said earlier this week that it was nearing an agreement with the Jewish Home party. Naftali Bennett, who heads Jewish Home, and Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, have agreed to either enter the government or remain in opposition together.
Netanyahu to meet with Peres to request extension in forming cabinet
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