Israel's Netanyahu may have some cards 'up his sleeve' as opponents close in to unseat him CNBC 1 hr ago Natasha Turak Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Yamina party announced late Sunday his intention to team up with the centrist Yair Lapid, leader of the Yesh Atid party, to form what aims to be a unity coalition. This would be a diverse collection of parties with little in common except the goal of unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lapid's government-formation challenge is one that Netanyahu himself failed to achieve by a previous deadline in early May. Israel's Netanyahu may still have cards up his sleeve: Middle East Institute