Israel moved closer towards a new
election on Wednesday after kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman declined to back either Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Benny Gantz with a deadline on building a government about to expire.
Neither Netanyahu, who heads the right-wing Likud party, nor ex-general Gantz of the centrist Blue and White secured a ruling majority in parliament in
elections in April and September.
Netanyahu, in office for the past decade, failed to put together a coalition after the inconclusive September election.