This is a page that is turning in Israel.

Naftali Bennett became Prime Minister of Israel.

Indeed, the Israeli deputies elected on Sunday the centrist Mickey Levy president of the Parliament, prior to the vote on the new government coalition ending twelve years of reign of Benjamin Netanyahu.

MP Levy, 69, of the centrist Yesh Atid party (“There is a future”), was elected by 67 votes (out of 120 in Parliament).

He replaces Yariv Levin, deputy of Likud, the party of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Yamina party, will lead the government for the first two years before giving way to centrist Yair Lapid for an equivalent period, under a rotation agreement.

After the last legislative elections in March, the opposition gradually united against Benjamin Netanyahu and - an extremely rare event in Israeli history - rallied the Arab Israeli formation Raam, led by the Islamist Mansour Abbas.

End of the Netanyahu era

Almost immediately acknowledging his defeat just before the vote of confidence, Benjamin Netanyahu, the most lasting prime minister in Israel's history, assured Parliament that he would remain in politics, leading the opposition, in order to "bring down" the new government, and that it would "return soon" to power.

He may also have to face, in addition to his trial, a wave of protest within his party, the Likud, elected officials already seeking to turn the Netanyahu page internally.

What are the priorities of the new government?

Before him, the leader of the radical right Naftali Bennett presented the members and the priorities of the future government which is to take office this Sunday evening. The government will work for “the whole” of the Israeli population including the Arab minority, but also the ultra-Orthodox Jews who have no elected members in this coalition, Naftali Bennett said in a speech constantly interrupted by supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu. “Citizens of Israel! This is a critical political moment and I call on everyone to show restraint, ”said Naftali Bennett, who should in principle succeed Benjamin Netanyahu.

On foreign policy, he kept the same tone as the outgoing Prime Minister on the nuclear issue of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel's sworn enemy.

The new coalition "will not let Iran acquire nuclear weapons," warned Neftali Bennett.

It is a motley coalition - bringing together two left parties, two from the center, three from the right and an Arab formation - which obtained the blessing of the elected officials.

" It's party "

Status quo in the conflict with the Palestinians, economic recovery, place of religion: everything on paper divides the anti-Netanyahu coalition apart from its desire to bring down the prime minister.

In front of the Parliament seat in Jerusalem, Israelis displaying national flags and white balloons expressed their support for the new coalition and lambasted Mr. Netanyahu, facing a trial for corruption in several cases.

On Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, technicians tested the sound system in anticipation of a large demonstration in favor of the new government.

"Netanyahu is going home, this prime minister has been there for too long, he has tried to change the system in his favor and to escape some crimes, so today is party time in Tel Aviv", said a waiter in a bar, Jorel Franganti, 24.

- " Do not change anything " -

The coalition pledged to conduct an investigation into the Mont Méron stampede (45 Orthodox dead), to reduce “crime” in Arab towns, to defend the rights of LGBT people but also to strengthen the Israeli presence in the so-called area. C in the West Bank, that is, the area over which Israel has full military and civilian control and which represents about 60% of this Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.

And as soon as she takes office, she will face pressing challenges such as the march planned for Tuesday by the Israeli far right in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian sector occupied by Israel.

The Islamist movement Hamas, in power in the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza, threatened retaliation if the march was held near the Mosques plaza.

On May 10, Hamas launched rockets at Israel in "solidarity" with Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem, which led to an 11-day war with the Israeli military.

"Whatever form the Israeli government takes, it does not change the nature of our relations with it in any way because it remains a colonizing and occupying power that we must resist," the spokesperson for the Israeli government said on Sunday. Hamas Fawzi Barhoum.

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