Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a political statement at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2021. – Nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett said today he would join a governing coalition that could end the rule of the country’s longest-serving leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
After Israel’s fourth inconclusive elections in less than two years in March, Lapid has been given a mandate to try and build a new government by midnight Wednesday. Netanyahu, in power for the past 12 years following an earlier three-year term, was fighting for his political life, warning of “a left-wing government dangerous to the state of Israel”.
In order to build such an anti-Netanyahu bloc, he must sign individual agreements with seven parties, whose members would then vote in parliament to confirm the coalition. Lapid was set to speak at 2:30 pm from the Knesset, before meeting with his Yesh Atid party, which has 17 seats. Bennett accused Netanyahu of seeking to take down the political right and “the whole country with him on his personal last stand”.Lapid had mustered 51 votes of support from left, centre and right-wing parties before Bennett joined him.Bennett’s Yamina party has seven seats, but one lawmaker already swore he would not cooperate with the anti-Netanyahu camp.
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