Benjamin Netanyahu rivals edge closer to ousting him
Naftali Bennett, a former ally and a pro-settlement security hawk, joins anti-Netanyahu coalition
30 May 2021 - 21:42
Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents edged closer to ousting the legally embattled Israeli leader on Sunday after an erstwhile ally agreed to join the alternative government they’re trying to form.
Naftali Bennett, a pro-settlement security hawk who’s served under Netanyahu in various cabinet positions and whose Yamina party has six key seats in parliament, said he intended to “work with all my might” to form a “government of change” together with former finance minister Yair Lapid...
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