{"id":19871,"date":"2021-06-18T15:59:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T22:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=19871"},"modified":"2021-06-18T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:03:00","slug":"bennett-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-unseating-netanyahu-after-12-years-in-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/bennett-sworn-in-as-prime-minister-unseating-netanyahu-after-12-years-in-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennett sworn in as prime minister, unseating Netanyahu after 12 years in power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Raoul Wootliff<\/a>\u00a0– June 13, 2021<\/p>\n

In a history-making vote, Israel\u2019s 36th government was sworn in at the Knesset on Sunday, installing Yamina chair Naftali Bennett as prime minister and ousting Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years of consecutive rule as premier.<\/p>\n

MKs voted by a wafer-thin 60-59 in favor of the new government, made up of right-wing, left-wing, centrist, and Islamist parties that came together to oust Netanyahu and end two years of political deadlock.<\/p>\n

One MK, Ra\u2019am\u2019s Saeed al-Harumi, abstained from the vote, in a protest centered on the demolition of Bedouin homes in the Negev. Three MKs from the predominantly Arab Joint List \u2014 Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi and Osama Saadi \u2014 stayed out of the chamber until the votes were initially counted, ready to abstain if necessary to ensure the coalition was elected, but entered to vote against once it was clear that the required simple majority was assured.<\/p>\n

Immediately following the confidence vote, members of Netanyahu\u2019s government vacated the seats on the government table in the Knesset plenum, with Netanyahu leaving the prime minister\u2019s chair.<\/p>\n

Passing Bennett, the now-former prime minister shook his successor\u2019s hand in a symbol of the peaceful transition of power. Earlier in the session, Netanyahu had derided Bennett in a speech as a fraudster unfit for office, and Netanyahu-loyalist MKs had heckled Bennett through his address introducing his government and setting out its plans.<\/p>\n

Following the nail-biting vote, Bennett was sworn in as prime minister, as were his new government colleagues. His election represents the first time that Israel has been led by a religiously observant, kippa-wearing prime minister. He is also the leader of the smallest faction ever to appoint a prime minister, as his Yamina has a mere seven MKs, one of whom, MK Amichai Chikli, voted against the new government.<\/p>\n

Bennett, 49, is also Israel\u2019s second-youngest prime minister \u2014 the record for youngest stays with Netanyahu, who was just 46 the first time he assumed the role in 1996.<\/p>\n

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