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The New York Times reports:
The political fate of Israel’s longest serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, is set to be decided on Sunday afternoon, when Parliament will hold a vote of confidence in a new government that would topple Mr. Netanyahu from power for the first time in 12 years.
Mr. Netanyahu’s opponents hope that the vote, if it passes, will ease a political stalemate that has produced four elections since 2019 and left Israel without a state budget for more than a year.
It will also end, at least for now, the dominance of a politician who has shaped 21st-century Israel more than any other, shifted its politics to the right and overseen the fizzling of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
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Here he is – the next possible Israeli PM Naftali Bennett arrives for a final meeting with the coalition partners in the Knesset ahead of the vote later today pic.twitter.com/ubMGevqEtu
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 13, 2021
I’m at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, where Benjamin Netanyahu may be voted out of office in a few hours, when the new coalition will face a vote of confidence. Here’s what we are expecting today:
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 13, 2021
The Parliament will convene at 4pm local (9a eastern). PM designate Naftali Bennett will speak, followed by alternate PM /foreign minister designate Yair Lapid. Then Netanyahu is expected to speak. Every party then has the opportunity to speak…
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 13, 2021
Then a debate and vote on a new speaker of the parliament, and THEN the big confidence vote for the new government. If it passes, they get sworn in. All that to say it may be a few hours before the confidence vote and a possible new PM.
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) June 13, 2021