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Hot take: Is Israel’s new government already on borrowed time?
There was barely an hour to spare before the midnight deadline, but “There is a Future” (Yesh Atid) party leader Yair Lapid appears to have done the unthinkable by assembling a "change" coalition that removes Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, from power. Rina Bassist has the latest here on the politicking in the final hours.
Here are three quick takes on the new coalition, and what comes next:
A fragile coalition: The change coalition led by the centrist Lapid required all sorts of deal-cutting with New Right (Yamina) party leader Naftali Bennett, who will serve as prime minister first in a rotation with Lapid. The right-wing New Hope party, led by Gideon Saar, also signed on. These key pieces — which all need to hang together with no defection — agree on almost nothing except their commitment to oust Netanyahu.
