Bibi Out

For John, BLUF:  It was bound to happensometime, and there seems to be a derth of good times for it to happen.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Netanyahu Loses Office, Making Way for Naftali Bennett

The source is MSN, but the article is from The New York Times, by Reporter Richard Pérez-Peña, 13 June 2021.

Here is the lede plus one:

The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended on Sunday, at least for the time being, as the country’s Parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces.

Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, approved the new government by just a single vote — 60 to 59, with one abstention.

The Reporter, Mr Pérez-Peña, does not seem to have a neutral view of Mr Benjamin Netanyahu.  That doesn't seem very professional.

As Blogger Glenn Harlan Reynolds says of the leadership change, "I don’t expect this to end well."

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff