Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid said he had succeeded in forming a broad-based coalition to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving leader.
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Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Oct. 28, 2019. Photo: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
i24 News – Hours after Yesh Atid chief Yair Lapid announced that he had managed to secure a coalition deal, members of his “Change Bloc” circulated a petition on Thursday to replace Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin.
Levin, a senior Likud member, is known to be a close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose record 12-year tenure at the helm of the Jewish state appears to be coming to an end.
Lapid intends to replace Levin with Yesh Atid lawmaker Mickey Levy.