Hello, i m katty kay in washington, david eades is in london. Is this the moment israel bids farewell to its prime minister of the last twelve years and ushers in a new coalition including an arab party for the first time? there is, officially, one more hour to go for this potential coalition of eight opposition parties stretching across the political spectrum to strike the deal that will take benjamin netanyahu out of government after four elections in just two yea rs. Extraordinary enough that it brings together such an ideological hotch potch of parties and that it could be headed initially by the leader of the right wing yamina party, naftali bennet, who once served under netanyahu. Throw the united arab list or raam party into the mix and it really would be a coalition of unknown quantity. anyone but bibi might be their slogan. Let s cross to jerusalem now and speak to our correspondent yolande knell we do sojust we do so just as they re pointing out a line to suggest ar
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President trump is telling allies he believes he ll be reinstated as president by august. We want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. I m wolf blitzer. You re in the situation room. We are coming the breaking news from all angles. Let s begin with hadas gold from israel. The opposition parties reach add agreement to form a new government with a new prime minister paving the way for benjamin netanyahu s exit after a dozen years in office so explain to our viewers what happens now. Reporter: wolf, this is history in the making and could be the beginning of the end for israel s longest serving prime minister netanyahu with 34 minutes before the med night la pid said that he managed to fortunately a coalition. I ll break down for you under the terms of the deal it is the right wing leader bennett the kingmaker to be the prime minister for two years followed by lapid as part of a rotating deal and then an arab israeli party will be part of the coalition. First
Windsor, forjoe biden. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. I should say that i am ready now. Let s start in israel, where in the last hour, the country s parliament has voted to approve a new coalition government that ends benjamin netanyahu s 12 year run as prime minister. At the end of a fiery session lasting more than four hours, members of the knesset confirmed the new government will be headed for the first two years by the religious nationalist naftali bennett, who will then hand over the premiership to the centrist, yair lapid. Our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. Take us through the importance of this moment, please. This take us through the importance of this moment, please. this moment, please. This is a really momentous this moment, please. This is a really momentous day this moment, please. This is a really momentous day in this moment, please. This is a | really momentous day in israeli politics, janes. First of all, we have t