Former Israeli Premiers Join in Bid to Oust Netanyahu in Elections
Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett announced they will merge their parties to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections. The new party, Yachad, aims to unite Israelis and potentially unseat Netanyahu, who has been in office for most of the past 17 years.
Yair Lapid, Israel's opposition leader, and Naftali Bennett, a former prime minister, have merged their parties, Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid, into a new entity called Yachad. The move is seen as a bid to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in upcoming elections. Netanyahu has been in office for most of the past 17 years and is currently facing corruption charges and criticism over his handling of recent conflicts. Lapid and Bennett presented their differences as a strength, citing their unity as a message to the Israeli people. Bennett's party is expected to be the second-largest in the Knesset, after Netanyahu's Likud party. Netanyahu's coalition has lost support since a Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023.
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