Jerusalem | A diverse coalition of Israeli opposition parties said Sunday that they had the votes to form a unity government to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving leader and its dominant political figure for more than a decade.

Under their agreement, reached after weeks of negotiations spearheaded by centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid, former Netanyahu defence minister and ally Naftali Bennett will lead a power-sharing government. Mr Bennett, 49, would serve as Israel’s next prime minister, according to terms of the deal reported by Israeli media, to be succeeded in that role by Mr Lapid, 57, at a later date.

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