Netanyahu would opt for another election rather than a Bennett-Lapid government
Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid (There Is a Future) party speaking during an interview in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021; Naftali Bennett of the Yamina (Right) party speaking to reporters at a conference in Jerusalem on March 15, 2021; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party speaking during a ceremony marking Yom HaZikaron, Israel s Memorial Day, in Jerusalem on April 13, 2021. [GIL COHEN-MAGEN,MENAHEM KAHANA,DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images] June 3, 2021 at 10:05 am
Benjamin Netanyahu is making last-ditch efforts to try to block opposition leader Yair Lapid from forming a new government in Israel. The prime minister s plea to the leader of the New Hope Party, Gideon Sa ar, to form a tripartite government, in which both will rotate the premiership with the leader of the Yamina Party, Naftali Bennett, has been rejected.
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