Israel’s Knesset to vote on new government, end Netanyahu’s reign
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Opponents sang and danced outside Netanyahu’s residence to mark the end of his 12-year reign as prime minister.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power is set to end on Sunday when parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the departure of the country’s longest serving leader. Netanyahu, 71, the most dominant Israeli politician of his generation, had failed to form a government after Israel’s March 23 election, its fourth in two years. The new cabinet, which will be sworn in after a Knesset confidence vote it is expected to win, was cobbled together by the centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid and ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett.More Related News