Lapid: Forming a government 'will be difficult, no guarantees'
'Together' party MK Yair Lapid acknowledges challenges of forming government following elections, claims 'overwhelming Israeli majority' came to support his bloc at polling stations
Assessment
Yair Lapid is tempering expectations about his ability to form a coalition, admitting difficulty and offering no guarantees despite claiming his bloc won an overwhelming majority. The gap between those two statements a claim of broad support and a warning of tough negotiations signals that the math may not be as clean as he suggests. What matters next is whether smaller parties can be brought in without breaking Lapid's coalition promises.