President israel 2021 - Isaac Herzog: Israel's unassuming and pedigreed new president

Appearing to hold out hope he could still stay in power, Netanyahu appealed to ultranationalist Naftali Bennett to join him and form a "solid right-wing bloc" controlling 59 seats in parliament, a number still short of a majority.

According to the law, the election date will be set between thirty and ninety days before the end of the outgoing president's term, but due to the to the 24th Knesset being held in close proximity to the date, and due to the law's obligation to announce the election date three weeks earlier, the earliest possible election date is 69 days before the end of Rivlin's term on 27 April.