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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz attend the swearing-in ceremony of Israel s Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem, on April 6, 2021. (Alex Kolomoisky / POOL / AFP)
The Knesset on Monday approved a series of votes to go forward later in the day on right-wing bills, in a bid by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc of supporters to split the rival bloc of right-wing, centrist and left-wing parties trying to form a government without the incumbent premier.
The votes will put the focus on the Yamina, Yisrael Beytenu and New Hope parties, which are right-wing but are holding advanced negotiations to form a so-called “change government.”