Talks to form a government that does not include Netanyahu are accelerating in Israel
On Sunday, Israeli politicians are close to forming a government coalition that ends 15 years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rule, in conjunction with the continuation of calm talks that followed the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The data of the Israeli political arena indicate that right-wing politicians Naftali Bennett and TV presenter Yair Lapid are heading towards forming a government coalition that the Hebrew media dubbed “Change.”
This coalition would topple Netanyahu as the deadline for negotiations to form the next government approaches Wednesday.
Shortly after the March elections, Netanyahu, 71, failed to form a government coalition before Israeli President Reuven Rivlin entrusted the task this May to centrist leader Yair Lapid.
The efforts to form the Israeli government come at a time when talks were held in Cairo, Israel and the Palestinian territories on calm mechanisms with the Gaza Strip and its reconstruction after an escalation between the two sides that lasted 11 days and caused the cessation of the government coalition talks before efforts resumed on Sunday.
If Lapid and Bennett, 49, who previously held a ministerial portfolio under Netanyahu, succeeds in forming the “Change” coalition, this will lead to the overthrow of the prime minister, who is facing a trial on corruption charges, but he denies them. It spanned three years.
The Lapid-Bennett coalition, which must gather 61 out of 120 lawmakers, is expected to rotate, with the far-right leader serving as prime minister before leaving the position to Lapid.
The government coalition will also include Defense Minister and centrist Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, who has faced Netanyahu in three previous inconclusive elections, as well as New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar.
And the government coalition will be joined by Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu party, and the Labor and Meretz parties.
However, the expected coalition still needs the support of extreme right-wing parties that support settlements, as well as the support of Arab representatives in the Knesset, which makes it difficult to form.
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