Netanyahu's deadline to form government set to expire, no ...

* Netanyahu's opponents would get chance to form government
* But no guarantee they can overcome political deadlock
* Israel has held four inconclusive elections in two years
By Maayan Lubell
JERUSALEM, May 4 (Reuters) - A deadline for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a new government was set to expire at midnight in Israel with no sign on Tuesday that the country's longest-serving leader could break more than two years of political deadlock.
There was also no guarantee that, should the right-wing leader fail to assemble a new coalition, parties outside his caretaker government could bridge political differences and unseat him.
Netanyahu, 71, has been in office since 2009 and also served for three years in the 1990s. He has been fighting for his political life through four inconclusive elections since 2019 and is on trial for criminal corruption charges he denies.

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