Netanyahu is playing a waiting game with Mendebilt and so will not return the mandate until he reaches the deadline.
After its returned Rivlin will give Gantz a chance and if the right wing blocc stick together then he will find it impossible to form a coalition because the only way he can achieve it is if he can get both Liberman and Joint List in his coalition which is never going to happen.

Gantz will have to return the mandate and Netanyahu will get a second chance and both Gantz and Liberman will be given an ultimatum join my right wing coaalition so we can avoid an election and Gantz and Liberman know if they allow it to go to elections the public will never forgive them and their political careers will be over.
Rivlin will also push them to join the right wing colition, at the moment everybody is playing a game and in the end the right will win this and Gantz knows it.

israelis do not want bibi, they are sick of him and his family news. he should have kept his family totally out of govt business period. he also should have taken karate classes to stiffen his spine and his mind-because he acts like a scared rabbit whenever it comes to war and battles. it is evident in how he runs desperately to trump and putin. do you see nasrollah or kameini running to moscow-please help us.

gantz is a weak general, passive as the gaza war proved-read shapira you dumbbells. and lapid is an olmert clone-2 ignoramuses. olmert now fancies himself as some geopolitical expert, hoping israelis forget about his disastrous handling of the nasrollah war.. he was hopeless in it, didn't know what the hell he was doing. that is why he always offers so much in concessions to compensate for his weakness in security.

we need new leadership, one that will take the offense for a change and not sit back behind walls.barkat, saar, bennett, uriel, lieberman, and a few others.

bibi may end up in jail.

israelis are also fed up with rabbinic leaders who continue to raise a flock of brilliant studious physically cowardly student.s who have little basic educationi. not that they are weak, but one look at them invites scorn and pity on how submissive they appear. they are a magnet for bullies.

the whole haredi program has to be modernized with 1 hour daily martial arts incorporated along with basic academic training.religious garb should only be worn in shul.

you want a situation if there is a threatening situation, the haredi is upright and can fight to defend and knock out the attacker like the country of israel is today.haredi leaders should be obliged by the state to alter the program.

and not Russian speaking Gentiles flooding our country, supporters of Lieberman.And not liberal Jews who want to dismantle Jewish character of Israel. The unity government means that all parties unite and resolve their differences working together. B&W rejected Netaniahu's proposal without any negotiations. So who is at fault?

No small parties and split the ministries evenly, with a rotating PM. No small parties to worry about. This seems to make the most sense and it’s hard to understand why it cannot happen. The small parties don’t add anything except demands. So let them sit this one out.