Israel Knesset to vote on approving new government by June 14
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls newly formed coalition ‘the greatest election fraud’ in the history of democracy
07 June 2021 - 21:01
Jerusalem — A vote in Israel’s legislature on approving a new government poised to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be held within a week, parliament's speaker said on Monday, without setting a specific date.
Naftali Bennett, the nationalist politician who would replace Israel’s longest-serving leader, called on Netanyahu on Sunday to “let go” and drop any efforts to encourage defections from the new coalition that could scupper its inauguration...
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