Netanyahu Is Ousted , as Israel's Prime Minister After 12 Years.<br />Benjamin Netanyahu's term as <br />Israel's prime minister was the longest <br />in the short history of the nation.<br />Naftali Bennett defeated Netanyahu <br />by the slimmest of margins with a <br />confidence vote of 59 to 60. .<br />Naftali Bennett defeated Netanyahu <br />by the slimmest of margins with a <br />confidence vote of 59 to 60. .<br />He is the leader of the Yamina party, <br />a right-wing organization that holds a meager <br />seven seats in Israel's Knesset, the country's parliament.<br />But he will oversee a coalition government <br />made up of his party, centrists and, <br />for the first time, Arab parties.<br />Bennett was sworn in as prime minister on <br />Sunday, amidst boos and jeers from members <br />of Netanyahu's exiting party, Likud.<br />Bennett was sworn in as prime minister on <br />Sunday, amidst boos and jeers from members <br />of Netanyahu's exiting party, Likud.<br />Twice in history, we have lost our national home precisely because the leaders of the generation were not able to sit with one and another and compromise. , Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel, via CNN.<br />Each was right, yet with all their being right, they burnt the house down on top of us. I am proud of the ability to sit together with people with very different views from <br />my own, Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel, via CNN.<br />U.S. President Joe Biden congratulated Bennett <br />during a phone call with the new prime minister.<br />In a public statement, <br />Biden did not mention Netanyahu and stated that <br />he looks forward to collaborating with Bennett.<br />Referring to the <br />new government <br />as "weak," Netanyahu <br />stated, "we'll be back soon."
