Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents have announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ousting of the longtime leader.
The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main coalition partner, Naftali Bennett, came moments before a midnight (local time) deadline and prevented the country from plunging into what would have been its fifth consecutive election in just over two years.
Centrist Lapid and ultra-nationalist Bennett have joined forces and agreed to rotate the premiership between them, with Bennett going first.
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