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Rivals Edge Closer to Ending Netanyahu’s 12 Year Grip on Power
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0:48Now PlayingBenjamin Netanyahu’s opponents edged closer Monday to forming a government that would oust the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history after winning over an erstwhile ally.
Naftali Bennett, a pro-settlement security hawk who’s previously served under Netanyahu in various cabinet positions, said he’d work to clinch a “government of change” with former Finance Minister Yair Lapid after four inconclusive elections in two years showed the premier was no long capable of forming a right-wing government.
“I will work to the utmost to form a national unity government together with my friend Yair Lapid,” Bennett said.
If they manage to cobble together a coalition, Lapid and Bennett could end the grip of a political survivor who’s been in power for 15 of the past 25 years and left a lasting mark on Israel and the broader region. Under Netanyahu, Israeli politics shifted to the right, the Palestinian-Israeli peace process was sidelined while settlements were expanded in the West Bank. Netanyahu also reached normalization deals with four Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, only last year.
Even that wasn’t enough to hand Netanyahu a clear majority in the latest election, a win he desperately needed to hold onto power and shield himself from multiple charges of corruption and influence-peddling.
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