Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost the mandate to form a new government after failing to build a coalition following last month’s election. With no party having the majority required to govern after September’s election, President Reuven Rivlin selected Netanyahu as the most likely to form a coalition within 28 days, but that period has now passed with no success, and the mandate will pass to Benny Gantz for an equal period. Netanyahu’s Likud party holds 32 seats in the Knesset currently, and with its allied minor parties reaches…