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Slim majority tipped to pass Knesset vote on new government on Sunday

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Published: 11 June 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Coalition considers legislation to effectively ban Netanyahu from running again for PM, and is expected to approve a mixed-gender prayer area at the Western Wall

Sunday Knesset session to swear in new coalition, oust Netanyahu: How it unfolds (Times of Israel)
After MKs elect a new speaker, Yamina’s Bennett and Yesh Atid’s Lapid will present composition of the 36th government of Israel, before lawmakers give an expected 61-59 endorsement

Could Netanyahu be banned from running for PM again? (Al-Monitor)
Members of the new coalition are pushing forward legislation that would effectively ban Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from running again for the job

Unity government to approve Western Wall egalitarian plaza frozen by Netanyahu (Times of Israel)
With the ultra-Orthodox outside coalition, all parties expected to back prayer area compromise, with several highlighting plan in recent meetings with American Jewish leaders

BARAK RAVID: Netanyahu's Trump-style campaign to stop Israel's transfer of power (Axios)

Lapid, not Bennett, to be strongman of Israel’s next government (Al-Monitor)
Naftali Bennett might be the first to serve as prime minister, but alternate Yair Lapid will be the strongman of Israel’s new cabinet

New Hope MK sues Netanyahu's son for libel (Ynet)
Former Likud lawmaker Yifat Shasha-Biton seeks NIS 500,000 in damages from Yair Netanyahu over interview in which he claimed 'people died because of her populist decisions' as head of Knesset's COVID committee

Photo: Left to right, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, Yamina chair Naftali Bennett, New Hope chair Gideon Sa'ar, Blue and White head Benny Gantz, Ra’am chair Mansour Abbas, Labor head Merav Michaeli and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz at a meeting of the heads of the would-be-coalition in Tel Aviv, June 6 (Ra'anan Cohen)

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