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High Court greenlights Netanyahu’s unity government

The High Court ruling of last night enables Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to go ahead with their deal and establish a unity government.
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In a unanimous and unambiguous ruling delivered in the late evening hours of May 6, an expanded panel of 11 Israeli Supreme Court justices green lighted the power-sharing agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. The ruling paves the way for the May 13 swearing-in of Israel’s 35th government, ending months of interim governments and setting aside prospects of a fourth round of elections.

With the High Court ruling published, the Knesset adopted on the morning of May 7 amendments to quasi-constitutional basic laws, thus enabling Likud and Blue and White to proceed with the unity deal signed on April 20. Netanyahu is expected to present today to President Reuven Rivlin a Knesset majority backing him for the mission of composing the new government.

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