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Related: About this forumIsrael's Knesset votes in new government; Naftali Bennett named prime minister
Israel's parliament approved a new government on Sunday, ending the record 12-year tenure of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister and swearing in a fragile, diverse coalition that has promised to break the country's political gridlock.
The change came by the slimmest of margins, with 60 votes in favor and 59 opposed in Israel's 120-member Knesset. One member abstained.
Far-right politician Naftali Bennett, 49, who once worked for Netanyahu, becomes Israel's new prime minister for two years in a coalition agreement that includes eight separate parties and is led by Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid.
Lapid, 57, will serve as foreign minister and become prime minister after Bennett's two-year stint.
At: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/06/13/netanyahu-out-bennett-in-israels-knesset-elects-new-government/7660774002/
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(91,954 posts)diverse coalition will necessitate compromise