>>> WELCOME BACK TO "VELSHI & RUHLE."
RUHLE." WE GOT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
ISRAEL WHERE THE PRIME MINISTER
AND PRESIDENT ARE MAKING AN
ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ISRAELI PRESIDENT HAS JUST
ASKED BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO
ATTEMPT TO FORM THE NEXT
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. I WANT TO BRING IN NBC NEWS’S
MATT BRADLEY LIVE IN TEL AVIV.
>> Reporter: THE RUMORS OF
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU’S POLITICAL
DEATH WERE GREATLY EXAGGERATED.
ALL THE TALKS ABOUT HOW HE’S NOT
GOING TO CONTINUE ON.
HE’S NOW BEEN CHARGED AS YOU
MENTION BY THE PRESIDENT WITH
FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT.
HE HAS 42 DAYS TO DO THAT.
IF HE DOES NOT THEN THAT
OPPORTUNITY WILLS PROBABLY PASS
THROUGH HIS MAIN RIVAL, BENNY
GANTZ.
GANTZ. HE’S A FORMER MILITARY CHIEF.
IF HE DOES NOT DO THAT IN
ANOTHER 42 DAYS, THAT’LL GO TO A
YET A THIRD ELECTION, THE THIRD
ONE IN LESS THAN A YEAR.
NOW ALI, IF YOU THOUGHT IDENTITY
POLITICS WERE A BIG ISSUE IN
AMERICA, IT IS NOTHING LIKE HERE
IN ISRAEL.
IN ISRAEL. EVERY NARROW POLITICAL AND
RELIGIOUS IDENTITY HERE HAS
THEIR OWN POLITICAL PARTY AND
EVERY POLITICAL PARTY HAS THEIR
OWN ROCK SOLID POSITION.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMEBODY
THAT WON THIS ELECTION, YOU
COULD SAY THAT’S ABIDOR
ABIDOR LIEBERMANN.
ABIDOR LIEBERMANN. HE’S MORE OF A NATIONALIST.
HE REJECTS ALL OF THE MAIN
RELIGIOUS PARTY BACKED BY
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. HE REJECTS A LOT OF THE ARAB
PARTIES THAT BACKED BENNY GANTZ.
HE’S KIND OF THE KING MAKER, HE
HAD EIGHT EATSSEATS.
THE DRAMA BEHIND ALL THIS, BAA
HAU
HAU BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, HE’S NOT
JUST FIGHTING FOR HIS POLITICAL
FUTURE FOR HIS CAREER.
HE’S FIGHTING FOR HIS FREEDOM.
HE’S FACEING THREE DIFFERENT
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTIONS AND
HIS BEST WAY OF STAYING FREE OF
NOT GOING TO JAIL, OF NOT BEING
INDICTED IN ONE OF THESE HEARS
ISI N G
ISI N G HEARINGS IS TO REMAIN IN HIS
POSITION.
POSITION. CAN HE SEDUCE LIEBERMANN TO
THROW HIS WAY BEHIND THE PARTY.
BENNY GANTZ, HIS MAIN RIVAL SAYS
HE’S NOT GOING TO BE IN
COALITION WITH BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU BECAUSE HE FACES THE
POSSIBILITY OF INDICTMENT.
ALI.
ALI. >> HE GOT 42 DAYS TO DO THIS.
SOMETIMES IT IS LESS TIME,
EITHER HE’LL GET THE 61 SEATS HE
REQUIRES OR GOING BACK TO THE
PRESIDENT SAYING I CAN’T.
>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: HE DOES NOT HAVE
ANYMORE MORE THAN THAT.