Benjamin Netanyahu has been removed as Israel’s prime
minister after 12 years in power.
The country’s parliament on Sunday voted for a new coalition
government which will be led by Naftali Bennett, head of right-wing party
Yamina.
To bring Netanyahu’s rule to an end, it took a rotational
agreement and an alliance between left-wing, centrist and right-wing parties.
Bennett was sworn in as prime minister and will lead the
coalition of eight parties after a close 60-59 vote.
As part of the coalition deal, Bennett will be the prime
minister until 2023 and Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid, will take
charge for another two years.
Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s
history with a record of five terms.
He was first elected as prime minister from 1996 to 1999,
then continuously from 2009 to 2021.
In April 2019, Netanyahu failed to win enough support to
form a new government, while the subsequent elections that followed ended
inconclusively.
The new coalition government may be the end of the political
instability in the country after four inconclusive elections in two years.
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