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June 18, 2021
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan can hardly be called friends. Netanyahu’s departure from office June 13 should have been a jubilant moment for Ankara. For the first time an Arab Party, Ra’am, entered an Israeli coalition government, something giving Erdogan an opportunity to congratulate new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
But a diplomatic source from Ankara, speaking on the condition of anonymity the day Bennett was sworn in, told Al-Monitor, “Erdogan will miss Netanyahu. They were enemies with a lot of benefits.”
This claim is counterintuitive and surprising, because whenever the two leaders made headlines when it came to each other in the last decade, they were usually furiously criticizing the other. Why then would Erdogan not be happy about Netanyahu’s departure? We can provide three reasons.
Israeli opposition reveals unusual pact to form government, without Netanyahu laprensalatina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from laprensalatina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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.