Israel’s president has given opposition leader Yair Lapid a chance to form a new government, threatening to end the rule of longtime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu failed to cobble together a majority coalition after a March 23 election showed no clear winner. It was Israel’s fourth consecutive inconclusive election and came as Netanyahu went on trial to face corruption charges. Yair Lapid has called on Palestinians to resume peace talks — if they agree to recognize large Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.