Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday morning that he intended to begin forming the government in a bid to finish the process within two to three weeks. In a Likud statement, the party said that "the prime minister spoke with all the party leaders who will take part in the new coalition."
According to the statement, that included Bayit Yehudi's Naftali Bennett, Kulanu's Moshe Kahlon, Yisrael Beytenu's Avigdor Lieberman, Shas' Aryeh Deri, and Yaakov Litzman and Moshe Gafni from United Torah Judaism.