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Israel: Critical next week, Netanyahu broke his silence

In front of a new era is the Israel, with the power to pass in the hands of a diverse governing coalition consisting of eight parties: two on the left, two in the center, three on the right and one Arab, united by the desire to see Netanyahu “dethroned”.

The coalition government may oust him Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history.

The vote of confidence in the new government should take place in the Knesset within a week, but Netanyahu began intensifying efforts to destabilize the coalition yesterday, hoping for last-minute departures, according to AMPE.

“All the deputies who were elected thanks to the support of the right must to oppose this dangerous government of the left “ wrote on Twitter, breaking his silence after the announcement of the agreement to form a government.

From his personal Twitter account, the leader of Likud, Netanyahu’s party, asked his former right-wing allies to immediately withdraw their signatures.

The support of far-right Yamina party leader and former ally of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was crucial to forming the coalition.

Israel: Support from 61 MPs

The consultations that led to this agreement lasted many days. The announcement was made at 23:35 on Wednesday, a few minutes before the expiration of the term held by the leader of the center-right party, Yasser Lapid.

With the support of 61 Members, out of a total of 120, This agreement is expected to put an end to a political crisis two years during which four electoral contests took place.

The Israelis are now divided between those who see this coalition as a betrayal of the ideas of both the right and the left, and those who were relieved by Netanyahu’s departure after more than a decade in power.

The outgoing prime minister is on trial for corruption and has become the first incumbent head of the Israeli government to face criminal charges. If he becomes an ordinary MP, he will no longer be able to use his influence to try to pass a bill that will protect him.

The image that characterized Wednesday night was that of the signing of the agreement for the formation of a coalition government. The photo shows Bennett wearing a kipa, former TV star Yair Lapid and Mansour Abbas, the leader of an Arab party, smiling, a turning point in Israeli political history.

The Israeli Arabs, descendants of the Palestinians who remained on their land after the creation of Israel in 1948, make up 20% of the country’s population and generally remain on the margins of the political scene.

The Raham Arab party under Mansour Abbas has signed the agreement without specifying whether it will take an active part in the government.

“This government will be at the service of all Israeli citizens, including those who are not members, will respect those who oppose it and will do everything in its power to unite the various components of Israeli society,” Lapid assured Israeli President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. .

Bennett and then Lapid

Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu who became his enemy, will become the first prime minister by 2023. He will be succeeded by Lapid by 2025, according to Israeli media.

This, of course, if this diverse coalition – which disagrees on issues of economy, security and the state-religion relationship – does not collapse.

“The formation of (this government) is something of historical significance. “But we can already predict a bitter, ordinary and painful end,” the left-wing Haaretz newspaper wrote in its main article yesterday.

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