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Naftali Bennett becomes Israeli's new Prime Minister as parliament votes in coalition government ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 years in power
2021-06-14
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Israel's parliament voted 60-59 in favour of the new coalition government on Sunday and shortly afterwards, Naftali Bennett was sworn in as prime minister

  • Bennett will now preside over a diverse and fragile coalition comprised of eight ideologically different parties

  • He will be prime minister until September 2023 before handing the power over to Yair Lapid,
    ...2nd gen journalist-politician-actor-novelist who spent time working in television in Los Angeles, political “centrist”, has beautiful hair...
    the leader of centrist Yesh Atid party, for a further two years as part of a power-sharing deal.

  • Ahead of the vote, a parliamentary debate became heated as Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to 'topple' the new coalition, which is led by Bennett
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Posted by:Skidmark

#10  Bibi will be back soon. Easy prediction.
Posted by: European Conservative   2021-06-14 14:48  

#9  Sense you had seen this coming, so if you think the wiki write-up is appropriate I will.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-14 14:47  

#8  I don't think this will change overall policy with respect to Gaza and Iran, but if it begins to, he'll surely be ousted, no? I would worry about the Arab part of the coalition.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-14 13:33  

#7  ^look him up in wiki
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2021-06-14 13:19  

#6  My morning news outlets were all high fives, which tells me what I need to know.

Is that why the paleos were all about victory, because they were used to provide cover for this so called coalition? Because Bennett seems to be about as charismatic as Kamala.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-14 12:34  

#5  the ruling coalition is one of the most unstable collections ever assembled

some of its members want to annex the entire west bank, others want to allow free passage to Israel from Gaza

big differences on economic policy also - some favor price controls, some favor deregulation
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-06-14 07:59  

#4  Replaces Netanyahu as leader of the free world.
Posted by: badanov   2021-06-14 01:59  

#3  There will be a missile barrage, though.

A safe enough prediction.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-06-14 01:11  

#2  This doesn't seem good, but I'm not inside Israeli politics enough to predict a particular evolution. There will be a missile barrage, though.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-06-14 01:05  

#1  He will be prime minister until September 2023

Not bloody likely.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-06-14 00:33  

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