YAIR LAPID TAKES OVER FROM NAFTALI BENNETT AS ISRAEL’S NEW PRIME MINISTER

*Naftali Bennett (L) embraces Yair Lapid (R) after Israel’s parliament votes to dissolve itself and Mr Lapid is named interim prime minister (30 June 2022. Photo by Reuters) Yair Lapid is to become Israel’s interim prime minister on Friday, after parliament disbanded itself ahead of new elections. Mr Lapid, leader of a centrist party, will take over at midnight (21:00 GMT Thursday) from Naftali Bennett. They agreed to rotate office when they formed an unlikely eight-party coalition after last year’s election. However it collapsed last week, clearing the way for…

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