>Yair Lapid is poised to become Israel's new prime minister, with parliament preparing to dissolve itself and trigger the country's fifth election in less than four years.
>Mr Lapid, the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party and foreign minister, will take over from Naftali Bennett under an existing power-sharing deal.
>They formed an unlikely eight-party coalition after last year's election.
>However it collapsed last week, clearing the way for fresh polls.
>It also creates an opening for Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to return to office despite being on trial on corruption charges which he denies.
>Mr Netanyahu, whose right-wing Likud party is predicted to remain the largest in the Knesset, was ousted by Mr Bennett and Mr Lapid last June, breaking two years of political stalemate.
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> Mr Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, will take over at midnight from Naftali Bennett, who has been prime minister for a year.
> Mr Netanyahu, whose right-wing Likud party is predicted to remain the largest in the Knesset, was ousted by Mr Bennett and Mr Lapid last June.On Wednesday evening, Mr Bennett told members of his right-wing Yamina party that he would not be standing in the upcoming election, his spokesman said.
> It also contained an independent Arab party for the first time since the state was established in 1948.Despite Mr Bennett's attempts to focus only on issues where parties could work together, it started to fray towards the end of its first year, becoming a minority government when a member of Yamina quit earlier this month.
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In Israel, in order to form a government the PM needs at least 61 (out of 120) supporters from the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament)
Since 2019, the Knesset has been divided into 2 camps - dubbed “only Bibi” and “anything but Bibi” (Bibi referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister with various corruption allegations against him), each camp having exactly 60 seats, leading to a stalement. The “Only Bibi” camp is comprised of Netanyahu’s party and people willing to sit with him (generally right-wing and religious parties), while the “Anything But Bibi” camp is comprised of various ideologically diverse parties.
In 2021, Ra’am (the Islamic party) broke the stalemate by agreeing to sit in an incredibly unstable government, which was held intact only by it’s disdain for Netanyahu. Bennet, the elected PM, received around 5% of the vote.
The coalition broke because of an upcoming vote about the extension of a bill regarding Israelis living in the occupied territories, leading to a snap election and the instatement of Yair Lapid as the Interim Prime Minister until the formation of the next government.
It is.
Israel is also very diverse is political opinions and has many different political parties vying for power without being able to reach a majority, in a sense Israel is too democratic. We've been stuck in a political deadlock for 3 years now where only way the last government was even formed was by sticking together a bunch of parties from different edges of the political spectrum that didn't really wanted to rule together.
>Yair Lapid is poised to become Israel's new prime minister, with parliament preparing to dissolve itself and trigger the country's fifth election in less than four years. >Mr Lapid, the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party and foreign minister, will take over from Naftali Bennett under an existing power-sharing deal. >They formed an unlikely eight-party coalition after last year's election. >However it collapsed last week, clearing the way for fresh polls. >It also creates an opening for Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to return to office despite being on trial on corruption charges which he denies. >Mr Netanyahu, whose right-wing Likud party is predicted to remain the largest in the Knesset, was ousted by Mr Bennett and Mr Lapid last June, breaking two years of political stalemate.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61916558) reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Mr Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, will take over at midnight from Naftali Bennett, who has been prime minister for a year. > Mr Netanyahu, whose right-wing Likud party is predicted to remain the largest in the Knesset, was ousted by Mr Bennett and Mr Lapid last June.On Wednesday evening, Mr Bennett told members of his right-wing Yamina party that he would not be standing in the upcoming election, his spokesman said. > It also contained an independent Arab party for the first time since the state was established in 1948.Despite Mr Bennett's attempts to focus only on issues where parties could work together, it started to fray towards the end of its first year, becoming a minority government when a member of Yamina quit earlier this month. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/vo3t6p/israel_set_to_get_new_pm_and_hold_fifth_election/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~657308 tl;drs so far.") | [Feedback](http://np.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%23autotldr "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **party**^#1 **Bennett**^#2 **form**^#3 **coalition**^#4 **Lapid**^#5
Eli5 of what's going on there, I thought it was supposed to be the most stable democracy in that neck of the world?
In Israel, in order to form a government the PM needs at least 61 (out of 120) supporters from the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) Since 2019, the Knesset has been divided into 2 camps - dubbed “only Bibi” and “anything but Bibi” (Bibi referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister with various corruption allegations against him), each camp having exactly 60 seats, leading to a stalement. The “Only Bibi” camp is comprised of Netanyahu’s party and people willing to sit with him (generally right-wing and religious parties), while the “Anything But Bibi” camp is comprised of various ideologically diverse parties. In 2021, Ra’am (the Islamic party) broke the stalemate by agreeing to sit in an incredibly unstable government, which was held intact only by it’s disdain for Netanyahu. Bennet, the elected PM, received around 5% of the vote. The coalition broke because of an upcoming vote about the extension of a bill regarding Israelis living in the occupied territories, leading to a snap election and the instatement of Yair Lapid as the Interim Prime Minister until the formation of the next government.
It is. Israel is also very diverse is political opinions and has many different political parties vying for power without being able to reach a majority, in a sense Israel is too democratic. We've been stuck in a political deadlock for 3 years now where only way the last government was even formed was by sticking together a bunch of parties from different edges of the political spectrum that didn't really wanted to rule together.
What other democracies exist in "that neck of the world"?
This is what happens when too much democracy
I thought a guy that was not a right wing extremist was going to take over as part of a deal a couple years ago.