Netanyahu ousted from power as rival Bennett set to become Israel’s new prime minister
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With lawmakers’ vote of 60 and 59, Naftali Bennett won a crucial vote in Israel’s Knesset Sunday, ousting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — the country’s longest-serving leader — from office.
The vote set the stage for Bennett’s swearing in as the country’s first new leader in more than a decade.
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