Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid says can form government


03-06-2021 02:16 AM

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Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid late Wednesday told the president he had rallied the votes needed to form a coalition government to oust that of veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Lapid informed the president of the state of Israel... that he has succeeded in forming a government,” his party said in a statement issued shortly before a deadline of one minute to midnight.

Earlier, the leader of the Arab Israeli Islamic conservative party Raam, Mansour Abbas, joined a coalition to oust Netanyahu at the eleventh hour on 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.

*AFP




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