Israel’s Lapid Reaches Deal to Form New Government, Set to Unseat Netanyahu

Israel’s Lapid Reaches Deal to Form New Government, Set to Unseat Netanyahu
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid listens during a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 6, 2021. Oded Balilty/AP Photo
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JERUSALEM—Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday when he officially informed the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government.

About 30 minutes before a midnight deadline, Yair Lapid, according to a party statement, told President Reuven Rivlin in an email: