Bennett said that he would not recommend Yair Lapid to the president, making it harder for the Yesh Atid leader to receive the mandate to form a new government from Rivlin. While Bennett said he will not recommend Lapid, that does not mean that he will recommend Netanyahu. Political sources speculated that he would recommend himself.

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