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Jun. 3, 2021 7:40 PM
In the final hours of Wednesday evening, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced that he had managed to form a coalition after a series of marathon negotiations with the various leaders of the anti-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu camp.
This government has yet to be formally sworn in, and much could happen until it is. However, should Lapid succeed in establishing it, it will be the most politically diverse one in Israeli history.
The proposed government, led first by Yamina’s Naftali Bennett and then Lapid, includes parties from the Israeli left, right, political center, with one Islamist party. It would also have a record number of women.
Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina party announced late Sunday his intention to team up with the centrist Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, to form what aims to be a unity coalition.
This would be a diverse collection of parties with little in common except the goal of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in power for more than 12 years. If successful, it would end the complex political deadlock that has seen Israel hold four elections in less than two years.
Lapid s government-formation challenge is one that Netanyahu himself failed to achieve by a previous deadline in early May. The prime minister s failure to build a governing coalition with enough support from multiple parties at least 61 seats in the Israeli parliament, specifically meant that President Reuven Rivlin handed another politician, Lapid, the mandate to have go, and with another 28-day deadline.
There is no international precedent for more than two people splitting the leadership of a country, but it was only one of many plans Netanyahu floated over the past few months
Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina party announced late Sunday his intention to team up with the centrist Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, to form what aims to be a unity coalition.
This would be a diverse collection of parties with little in common except the goal of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in power for more than 12 years. If successful, it would end the complex political deadlock that has seen Israel hold four elections in less than two years.
Lapid s government-formation challenge is one that Netanyahu himself failed to achieve by a previous deadline in early May. The prime minister s failure to build a governing coalition with enough support from multiple parties at least 61 seats in the Israeli parliament, specifically meant that President Reuven Rivlin handed another politician, Lapid, the mandate to have go, and with another 28-day deadline.