{"id":19829,"date":"2021-06-04T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19829"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T21:02:42","slug":"bibis-done-anti-netanyahu-coalition-notifies-israeli-president-that-it-has-formed-new-government-after-arab-party-joins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/bibis-done-anti-netanyahu-coalition-notifies-israeli-president-that-it-has-formed-new-government-after-arab-party-joins\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibi\u2019s done? Anti-Netanyahu coalition notifies Israeli president that it has formed new government after Arab party joins"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RT – June 2, 2021<\/p>\n

Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett have put together a governing coalition to oust PM Benjamin Netanyahu, just minutes before time ran out. For the first time in history, an Arab-Israeli party will be on board.<\/p>\n

Lapid, who leads the Yesh Atid party, informed President Reuven Rivlin shortly before midnight on Wednesday that he has \u201csucceeded in forming a government\u201d<\/em> and that his coalition partner Bennett of Yamina<\/em> \u201cwill serve as prime minister first.\u201d Lapid will take over as PM after two years, under the terms of the agreement.<\/p>\n

As the clock ticked closer to the statutory deadline to form a new government or face yet another general election, the tipping point seemed to be the coalition agreement with Mansour Abbas of the United Arab Party (Ra\u2019am).<\/p>\n

Gideon Saar\u2019s New Hope party added their six to the coalition following the Ra\u2019am announcement. Lapid\u2019s party has 17 seats. It takes 61 to have a governing majority in the 120-member Knesset.<\/p>\n

Though Ra\u2019am has only four MKs, their support is a historic development \u2013 the first time an Arab party has come on board a ruling coalition.<\/p>\n

Yamina\u2019s Bennett was present for the deal, and also signed a coalition agreement with Lapid. They also secured the support of Blue and White, led by current Defense Minister Benny Gantz \u2013 his former coalition partner who had accepted a role in Netanyahu\u2019s unity government in May 2020.<\/p>\n

If Lapid and Bennett\u2019s razor-thin coalition gets approved by the Knesset, it will hold off the need for yet another general election; Israel has held four over the past two years, repeatedly failing to deliver a majority government. The vote may happen as early as next week, but the current Likud speaker of the Knesset is reportedly pushing for a delay.<\/p>\n

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