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Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin has scheduled next Monday for Yair Lapid to present his new government to the full House. The Speaker will then set a date for the debate and vote of confidence to take place within seven days. Naftali Bennett, who is due to head the government in its first two years, has until Monday to overcome dissidence within his Yamina party and make sure of a majority vote. The other seven parties in the lineup are all set to go forward.
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin is expected to announce in the Knesset Monday that Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid has succeeded in forming a government. As a result, the so-ca
People protest against the unity government outside the home of Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked in Tel Aviv on June 3, 2021.(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party have decided to target four “change bloc” MKs in a bid to get at least one member of the proposed coalition to defect and torpedo efforts to get a new government sworn in.
Efforts in recent days have focused on Yamina MKs Ayelet Shaked and Nir Orbach, with rallies being held outside their homes and Netanyahu orchestrating a campaign to sway them that includes calls from prominent rabbis.
In a meeting attended by Netanyahu and top Likud officials on Thursday, it was agreed to focus efforts on New Hope MKs Ze’ev Elkin and Sharren Haskel, and Yamina MKs Orbach and Idit Silman, the Kan public broadcaster reported.