Is it end of the road for Israel's longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? A former ally of the PM on Sunday said he would seek to form a coalition government with Netanyahu's opponents.
The dramatic announcement by Naftali Bennett, who is the leader of the small hardline Yamina party, set the stage for a series of steps that could push Netanyahu and his dominant Likud party into the opposition in the coming week.
While Bennett and his new partners, still face some obstacles, the sides appeared to be serious about reaching a deal and ending the deadlock that has plunged the country into four elections in the past two years.
Netanyahu has accused Bennett of betraying the Israeli right wing and urged nationalist politicians not to join what he called a “leftist government.”