NAFTALI BENNETT IS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, BEATS NETANYAHU BY SINGLE VOTE

The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended on Sunday, at least for the time being, as the country’s Parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces. Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, approved the new government by just a single vote — 60 to 59, with one abstention. After his supporters cheered the announcement of his election, Naftali Bennett then exchanged a brief handshake with Mr. Netanyahu before walking to the…

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