Israel’s Dissolving Government: An Explainer
One year and one week after its swearing-in, the Bennett-Lapid government in Israel has come to a screeching halt.
One year and one week after its swearing-in, the Bennett-Lapid government in Israel has come to a screeching halt.
Eventually every Israeli prime minister reaches the moment in which the U.S. administration pulls out the diplomatic lexicon to “express concern,” or “ask for explanations,” or sometimes even “strongly condemn” Israel’s actions in the West Bank and toward the Palestinians.
Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new prime minister, has little international experience. Like Netanyahu, he opposes the Iranian nuclear deal.