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An ideologically broad group of Israeli political parties struck a fragile deal late Wednesday that could unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid said late Wednesday, less than an hour before a midnight deadline, that he had secured the support of the majority of the Knesset.
Naftali Bennett, who leads the hardline nationalist Yamina party, announced his support for Lapid's coalition on Sunday.
The agreement between the two would see Bennett serve the first two years as prime minister before Lapid rotates into the role.
President Reuven Rivlin gave Lapid the opportunity to bring together a coalition of parties that could amass a majority in the 120-seat Knesset after Netanyahu failed to do so in early May.
The Knesset is now required to make a vote of confidence in the new government, a procedure that cannot be approved until the next plenum session, which is scheduled for Monday. Once approved, Knesset speaker, Likud's Yariv Levin, then has up to seven days to schedule the vote.
But as it stands, Lapid's coalition has a thin majority in the Knesset. The government would be sworn in 10 days from Wednesday - enough time for Netanyahu's camp to potentially bring lawmakers to their side and vote against it.
Israel has been in a period of political turmoil for two years, during which the country has held four elections.
After two 2019 elections, Netanyahu failed to form a coalition but stayed on as caretaker prime minister. A year ago, he formed a coalition government with rival Benny Gantz, but that fell apart in December as parliament failed to pass a budget.
The 71-year-old Netanyahu has been prime minister since 2009 after holding the same office for three years in the 1990s. He is on trial facing criminal corruption charges but has denied any wrongdoing.