Explainer: What will change under Israel’s new government?

Israel will elect a new government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year reign. The next government, led by ultranationalist Naftali Bennett, has promised to forge a new path toward healing the country's divisions and re-establishing normalcy.

If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. The next government, which will be led by the ultranationalist Naftali Bennett, has vowed to chart a new course aimed at healing the country’s divisions and restoring a sense of normalcy. Anything more ambitious would be courting disaster.