 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost an important vote on Monday over who gets to join a powerful committee in parliament. This has dealt him a setback as he tries to form a new government following an inconclusive election. Netanyahu now has about two more weeks to try to bring together a ruling coalition. Defeat in the vote indicated the veteran there still has some way to go to secure a majority in the 120 seats nested. The vote was to decide who will join the arrangement's committee, which in the absence of a new government controls the legislative agenda. After a motion floated by Netanyahu's right-wing Likud was rejected in a closed vote, his centrist rival Yair Lapid managed to pass his own proposal given stronger representation to the anti-Netanyahu bloc. One small Islamist party that has expressed openness to working with Netanyahu making it a potential kingmaker voted with Lapid.