Rivals Edge Closer to Ending Netanyahu’s 12-Year Grip on Power
- Former ally joins bid to unseat Netanyahu with broad coalition
- Arab group emerges as kingmaker after repeated elections
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents edged closer Monday to forming a government that would oust the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history after winning over an erstwhile ally.
Naftali Bennett, a pro-settlement security hawk who’s previously served under Netanyahu in various cabinet positions, said he’d work to clinch a “government of change” with former Finance Minister Yair Lapid after four inconclusive elections in two years showed the premier was no longer capable of forming a right-wing government.