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TEL AVIV : Israeli Parliament on Sunday voted in favour of a precarious coalition government, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year historic run as prime
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A disparate anti-Netanyahu parliamentary coalition on Sunday ousted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to elect right-wing leader Naftali Bennett as a replacement.
Mr Bennett, an ultranationalist who opposes Palestinian sovereignty, pipped Mr Netanyahu, who had been prime minister for 15 years, including the last 12 years, 60 to 59 votes, with one abstention.
Yair Lapid, a leader of the center-left Yesh Atid Party, would replace Mr Bennett after two years, if their government can hold together that long, according to the power sharing agreement the coalition reached.
“We stopped the train before the abyss,” Mr Bennett, a former aide to Mr Netanyahu, said. “The time has come for different leaders, from all parts of the people, to stop, to stop this madness.”