Centrist Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and right-wing Yamina leader Naftali Bennett have coalesced alongside the Kahol Lavan, Israel Beiteinu, Labor, New Hope, Meretz and Ra'am parties to oust Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time in 12 years.
A centrist journalist-turned-political upstart and right-wing firebrand have banded together to form what's set to be Israel's next governing coalition, a broad array of eight parties that would bring about the end of the longest-serving Israeli premier's tenure.
Citing Clause 13 of the Basic Law, Lapid informed Rivlin that, as part of an"alternate government" arrangement, Knesset member and Yamini Party chairperson Naftali Bennett would serve first as prime minister for two years before Lapid took over on August 27, 2023 for the following two of the four-year term.
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid pose on June 2 shortly after the latter informed Israeli President Reuven Rivlin that efforts to form a new governing coalition had become successful.Most of the party leaders have previously served under Netanyahu, who first served a non-consecutive term as prime minister in the late 1990s before beginning his streak in 2009.
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