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. Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, will continue as leader of the Likud party and is now the opposition leader.
The vote to form a new coalition government among eight political parties passed by a narrow 60-59 margin, according to the report. "On behalf of the American people, I congratulate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Alternate Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, and all the members of the new Israeli cabinet," President Joe Biden"Israel has no better friend than the United States," he continued.
As Insider's Joshua Zitser previously reported, Bennett is the head of the country's right-wing Yamina party and is an ultra-nationalist multimillionaire. According to the AP, Netanyahu sat quietly during the vote. After the vote, he shook Bennett's hand and briefly sat in the opposition leader's chair before he walked out of the chamber, the AP report said.Subscribe to push notificationsSign up for 10 Things in Politics newsletter for the biggest stories in politics & the economy.
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