 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to dissuade his opponent from full men, a government as he seeks to hold on to power. Centralist party leader Yair Lapid has until Wednesday to build a coalition. A media report from Israel say he is close to reaching agreement with ultra-nationalist leader Naftali Bennett. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving PM, fell short over the decisive majority of the January election in March. The fourth in two years, Lapid could be close to reaching a delay according to the BBC's media analyst, Sebastian Osher.