Arab Israeli party joins coalition aiming to oust Netanyahu
AFP/Jerusalem
(Reuters file) Abbas and Yair Lapid signed a coalition agreement to form a unity government
The leader of the Arab Israeli Islamic conservative party Raam, Mansour Abbas, joined a coalition to oust long-time premier Benjamin Netanyahu at the eleventh hour Wednesday.
“Abbas and Yair Lapid signed a coalition agreement to form a unity government,” said a statement from the office of Lapid, the head of the opposition tasked with forming a government before a 11:59 pm (2059 GMT) deadline.
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Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid says he has rallied the votes needed to form a coalition government to oust that of veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.