Israel’s parliament narrowly votes in favour of a new coalition government, ends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule
After a record 12 years under Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel entered a new era, voting in a motley coalition united by animosity towards"Bibi" and installing his one-time protege Naftali Bennett as prime minister.
Sixty members of the Knesset voted in favour of the ideologically divided alliance and 59 against, with one abstention. The country's deep divisions were on vivid display as Bennett addressed parliament ahead of the vote. He was repeatedly interrupted and loudly heckled by supporters of Netanyahu, several of whom were escorted out of the chamber.Bennett's speech mostly dwelled on domestic issues, but he expressed opposition to US efforts to revive Iran's nuclear deal with world powers.
The driving force behind the coalition is Yair Lapid, a political centrist who will become prime minister in two years, if the government lasts that long. His opponents have long reviled what they see as Netanyahu's divisive rhetoric, underhanded political tactics and subjection of state interests to his own political survival.
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