Coalition negotiations impasse continues, Smotrich stands his ground
"We will return to this room, faster than you think," Prime Minister Yair Lapid said in his last meeting before entry of the new government.
Likud leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri, Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel Smotrich and Party leaders at a swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)Updated: 
