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Israeli president asks parliament to choose prime minister

by Associated Press
| April 16, 2020 1:03 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president on Thursday asked the Knesset to choose a new prime minister, giving parliament three weeks to agree upon a leader or plunge the country into an unprecedented fourth consecutive election in just over a year.

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