In a recent update from Israel, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that he would overthrow the new eight-party diverse coalition government.
Netayahu Calls The New Party “Deceit Government”
As per the latest reports, Netayahu made a remark during a meeting conducted on Monday. In the meeting, he called the new government, “deceit government” and said that it will be toppled soon. He referred to the government as his opponents.
This comes after nationalist Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid were sworn in on Sunday. He has urged the lawmakers with his allied parties to show cohesion and “iron discipline” to paralyse the coalition in the parliament.
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Netayahu further said that ending the new government and their rules would bring “redemption” for the people and the state of Israel.
Netanyahu’s Right-Wing Party Interrupt New Government
Lawmakers with the Likud, Netanyahu’s right-wing party, heckled Bennett when he addressed Parliament on Sunday to present his new government. He said that the party members shouted insults while Bennett was addressing.
Bennett is the leader of the pro-settler Yamina party and Netanyahu’s former chief of staff. Lapid is leader of the Yesh Atid party and former finance minister. They both were sworn in after the parliament narrowly approved their new coalition government.
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Report suggest that under a coalition agreement, Bennett, 49, and Lapid, 57, will rotate as Prime Ministers of Israel. Bennett will serve as the Prime Minister of Israel for a first term of two years while Lapid will serve as alternate premier and Foreign Minister.
Both the leaders will then rotate their roles for a two-year term.
The establishment of the eight-party coalition government ended Netanyahu’s record 12-year-long rule.He is currently facing a criminal trial over corruption charges. It also ended a lingering political crisis that has seen four rounds of elections in two years.
