What to expect from Israel's incoming government

By Jackson Richman, Contributor June 10, 2021 

On Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister is scheduled to come to an end. An unprecedented multiparty, multi-ideology governing coalition is set to take over.

Naftali Bennett, the son of American immigrants who moved to Israel a month after the 1967 Six-Day War, will become the country’s first Orthodox Jewish prime minister and the wealthiest Israeli leader yet. However, Bennett’s power will be limited as he will have mutual veto power with Yair Lapid, the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party. Lapid will then take over as prime minister in two years' time. Each man will have the authority to reject bills brought before the Knesset for a vote.

We should expect Bennett to have a contentious relationship with President Joe Biden due to their differences about Iran and other issues.

For the first time in Israel’s history, the new coalition will include an Islamist party, the United Arab List, or Ra’am. While Mideast experts have called the inclusion of an Arab party to a governing coalition another normalization of Israeli-Arab relations, references to a historic moment should be tempered. After all, this isn't a deal to promote mutual understanding but a deal designed to oust Netanyahu from power. It is a Machiavellian ploy by Bennett and Lapid..................To Read More....

My Take - There's a section here that claims Netanyahu became corrupt, but I followed this story and as far as I can tell the prosecutors were much like the prosecutors in New York City and state, and the courts there.  All totally partisan, all left wing, and all more than willing to use the power of government to advance their agenda.  So that claim of corruption is dubious.