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A infografia mostra o tempo no cargo dos Primeiros ministros israelitas.
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POLÍTICA

Netanyahu enfrenta o fim de um recorde

By Jordi Bou

June 1, 2021 - O Primeiro ministro de Israel há mais tempo no cargo, Benjamin
Netanyahu, enfrenta forte ameaça à sua permanência no poder quando os líderes da oposição procuram criar uma coligação de governo.

Naftali Bennett, head of the small, hard-line nationalist Yamina party, has said he would form a coalition with the centrist opposition leader Yair Lapid.

Bennett and Lapid have until Wednesday to hammer out a deal in which the pair split the premiership — with Bennett serving the first two years and Lapid the following two.

If Lapid and his allies, which range from hard-line nationalists to liberal Zionists and a small Islamist party, can overcome their differences and seal a deal, it would spell the end of Netanyahu's rule, for the time being.

Netanyahu, who faces serious corruption charges and could go to jail, fell short of a decisive majority at a general election in March. It was the country’s fourth inconclusive vote in two years - and again he failed to secure coalition allies.

Netanyahu became Israel’s longest-serving prime minister in 2019, surpassing the record set by the country’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion.

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PUBLISHED: 01/06/2021; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: AP, Newscom, Getty Images, The White House
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