JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel managed to form a new government just ahead of the legal deadline Wednesday night, and will start his fourth term with the slimmest parliamentary majority, made up of right-leaning and religious politicians.
Shortly before 11 p.m., Mr. Netanyahu appeared with the head of the Jewish Home faction, Naftali Bennett, and informed reporters that they had sealed the deal, though it was unclear whether the prime minister had yet informed President Reuven Rivlin, as required by law.
”Mr. Prime Minister, we are behind you for the success of the country and the government you head,” Mr. Bennett said, according to a Twitter post by an Israeli reporter that was accompanied by a photo of the two men.
Mr. Netanyahu celebrated a surprisingly strong victory in the March 17 elections after a divisive campaign, but ended up scrambling to scrape together the minimum required 61 of Parliament’s 120 members into his coalition and hold onto his premiership. He was forced to make major concessions to the Jewish Home, and emerged weakened to lead a coalition that Israeli experts said was unlikely to last long or do much.
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