Israel’s opposition leaders have agreed to form a government that could potentially end Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year reign as prime minister of the Jewish state.
The coalition, which straddles the political spectrum — from the far-left Meretz party to the ultranationalist Yamina, anchored by centrists Yesh Atid — hammered out a deal on Wednesday after days of frantic negotiations.
The so-called change government will be supported by Ra’am, an Islamist party that is playing the role of a tiebreaker after four elections in two years failed to deliver a clear result. It is only the second time in Israeli history that an Arab party will play a role in a Zionist government, and the first time one has officially joined a coalition.
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