O’Brien is "intimately familiar with most of the hot-button issues – Iran, North Korea, the war on terror – that are on the front burner in Washington at the moment,” said Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council senior vice president.

Blue and White leader says election results prove his party won, vows to establish a national unity government with him at the head.

Benjamin Netanyahu is not a dictator; he is a bold leader who has been in power for 13 years. He has been around a long time, but he is “right-wing,” which to many has become akin to a mortal sin.

Barely a day goes by without a report of internal friction in the Yamina faction. This is not how you win an election. This is not how you build a party.

"Benny, we must set up a broad unity government, as soon as today. The nation expects us, both of us, to demonstrate responsibility and that we pursue cooperation," Netanyahu tells Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. President Rivlin welcomes Netanyahu's "important call.” Yamina leader Naftali Bennett: Gantz must answer PM's call for unity "immediately."