Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett (left) smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid during a special session of the Knesset on Wednesday, June 2. - AP Photo
ISRAEL (Reuters): Israel's Opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country's president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.
About 35 minutes before a Wednesday (June 2) midnight deadline, the centrist Yair Lapid told President Reuven Rivlin in an email,"I am honored to inform you that I have succeeded in forming a government."
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