Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has rejected a challenge from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party over the legality of a rival right-wing party’s attempt to form a new government after years of political stalemate.
Naftali Bennett, who leads the New Right party, announced on Sunday that he supports the efforts of Yesh Atid’s leader Yair Lapid to form a unity government to ensure the removal of Netanyahu from office. New Right’s support was secured by an agreement that Bennett would serve as the country’s leader under a rotation deal and would later hand the premiership to Lapid.
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