(JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a two-week extension from President Reuven Rivlin to finalize negotiations over forming Israel’s next governing coalition. Netanyahu has yet to secure signed agreements with any of his Likud party’s potential coalition partners. An Israeli coalition requires a minimum of 61 seats in the 120-member Knesset, and Likud itself won 30 seats in last month’s election. Likud insiders said negotiations with the party’s natural partners were in full swing, and predicted that agreements with the Kulanu, Shas, and United Torah Judaism parties would be signed by the end of this week, Israel Hayom reported.