Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s time finally up? Is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, in power for almost 15 of the past 17 years, heading for a fall at the forthcoming October general election?
Following the decisive move made by Israel’s opposition parties last week, that is now a real possibility, said Ravit Hecht in Haaretz (Tel Aviv). The hardline right-winger Naftali Bennett and the centrist Yair Lapid have announced they will be merging their two parties to form a single party called Yachad (Together). Prior to their announcement, polls had Bennett’s party projected to win 21 seats
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