Israel’s president invited the two main victors from the country’s neck-and-neck election to meet Monday, seeking to break a deadlock that has complicated his task of trying to choose the country’s next prime minister. While formally maintaining only a ceremonial role, President Reuven Rivlin must choose the candidate he believes is best positioned to form a majority coalition in parliament. “There is one thing that the people are largely united over and that is the desire that there won’t be third elections,” Rivlin said.
