WSJ: New Israeli Coalition Government Set to Be Sworn In Sunday
TEL AVIV—An eight-party coalition aimed at unseating Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be sworn in on Sunday, as a key right-wing lawmaker rebuffed the embattled leader’s overtures to defect from the new government.
Yariv Levin, the speaker of the Knesset and a member of Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud party, said Tuesday that the new coalition government will face a vote of confidence in the parliament before being sworn in on June 13.
Mr. Levin a day earlier had pushed back against the new coalition’s request for a confidence vote this Wednesday, saying the parliament had until June 14 to convene for the vote.
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Update: Netanyahu is out if new government survives confidence vote on Sunday (Axios)
WNU Editor: It looks like Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will be out of office on Sunday. But for the new government, as the above video explains, governing is going to be a problem.
