Netanyahu faces a near impossible task to survive

Donald Trump has not ruled out getting involved in Israel ’s efforts to form a coalition government after the election, saying he would “take a look” at the matter.

A US official said the president had not yet decided whether the US would intervene in efforts to assemble the next Israeli government, adding that reports that Washington preferred a specific outcome were “false and premature”.

Trump has previously given his backing to Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party , who earlier claimed that Tuesday’s elections were “stolen” by Arab parties after his right-wing bloc fell short of a governing majority.

The unsubstantiated allegations attack an Arab bloc that claimed a historic 19 seats in the 120-seat parliament, potentially positioning it as kingmaker in coalition talks.

But Balad party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh accused Israel’s main political leaders of “racism” for refusing to form a coalition with Arab-led parties.

“This is racism,” he told Al…