EFEJerusalem 3 Jun 2021 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a mobile phone during a special session of the Knesset in Jerusalem, 02 June 2021. EFE/EPA/RONEN ZVULUN / POOL Israeli opposition parties on Wednesday reached an agreement to form a coalition without current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who, if the country's Parliament - the Knesset - ratifies the accord, will have to step down after 12 consecutive years in office. The agreement was foreshadowed on Saturday and was almost announced on Sunday, and since Monday the entire country has been on tenterhooks about the matter, but finally it was confirmed: the political bloc opposing Netanyahu had reached a pact to form a government.