The new ruling coalition, consisting of parties from almost the entire ideological spectrum, including the Arab party for the first time, will be led by the religious ultranationalist Naftali Benet for the first two years, who will be in the next two years, according to EFFECTIVE.
Opponents of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had only a few hours to announce today an agreement aimed at leading the country into a “new era” and ending more than two years of political crisis.
Netanyahu has appeared in court on corruption charges in three different cases. He became the first head of the Israeli government to be indicted during his term.
Raam Arab Party officially supports coalition for new government
The Israeli Arab Party Raam, led by Islamist Mansur Abbas, today formalized its support for an anti-Netanyahu coalition project that will remove one of the last obstacles to the formation of a new government in Israel.
Mansour Abbas “has signed a coalition agreement to form a unity government,” said the office of opposition leader Yair Lapid, quoted by France-Presse, which still has until 11:59 pm (9:59 pm in Lisbon) to collect votes. to announce to the president that he has received sufficient support to form the next government.
Opponents of outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had only a few hours to announce today an agreement aimed at leading the country into a “new era” and ending more than two years of political crisis.
Talks to form a new government have brought together teams of key leaders from the left, center and sections of the right over the past three days, such as Yamina, a coalition of radical right leader Naftali Bennett, who predicts as the next prime minister in a rotation of power.
Joining Raam or another Israeli Arab formation, the Joint List, would solve the problem of Netanyahu’s opponents camp, which required four more MPs to reach the 61st (mostly 120-seat parliament) needed to form a government.
Conflict with the Palestinians, economic revival, the place of religion: everything on paper shares a heterogeneous coalition against Netanyahu, except for the desire to remove the prime minister, who has been in power for 15 years, for the last 12 years in a row.
Netanyahu has appeared in court on corruption charges in three different cases. He became the first head of the Israeli government to be indicted during his term.
