Netanyahu: making big effort to form a large national unity government Speaking during a meeting of Likud factions ahead of the new Israeli Parliament swearing-in, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he is making a big effort to form a large national unity government. Israel's parliament will be sworn in without a new government being formed as a deadlocked general election leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambling to find a path to extend his long tenure in power. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES