Israeli Prime Minister <br />Will Step Down, , Knesset Will Dissolve.<br />Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist.<br />Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist.<br />The government Bennett oversaw was the first to be formed with an Arab politcal party.<br />It will disband due to a stalemate over whether to extend certain rights to Jewish settlers in the West Bank which are not extended to Palestinians in the same region.<br />We did everything we could to preserve this government. Believe me, we turned over every stone, Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel, via NPR.<br />Elections will likely be held in the fall.<br />Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to regain power.<br />Centrist Prime Minister Yair Lapid is scheduled to meet President Joe Biden in July.<br />Our working assumption is still that the trip will go forward <br />as planned, U.S. Embassy to Israel, via NPR.<br />Analysts say that, while the most recent government <br />was short-lived, it was historically important.<br />While this government was one of Israel's shortest to hold office, , Yohanan Plesner, Israel Democracy Institute, <br />via NPR.<br />... it played an historical role by including an Arab party in the coalition and in the decisions made by the national leadership, , Yohanan Plesner, Israel Democracy Institute, <br />via NPR.<br />... and therefore paving the way for the possibility of more inclusion by the Arab minority in the political process and Israeli society as a whole, Yohanan Plesner, Israel Democracy Institute, <br />via NPR.<br />The head of the Arab Islamist Party also cited to historic nature of the former government.<br />This is a historic step. It's still on its way. We have only begun, Mansour Abbas, Head of the Arab Islamist Party, <br />via NPR
