After announcement is brought to Knesset, Speaker Levin has 7 days to bring new government for a vote of confidence; Likud vows to do everything to stop that from happening

PM-designate Bennett meets with party members to counter Likud pressure to rebel; Yesh Atid, Yamina reject Knesset speaker's demand to release yet-unofficial coalition agreements

Yamina chief's wife and 4 young children work or study in central city of Ra'anana; unlike Netanyahu, Bennett would only use residence for official meetings and on weekends

Report says Likud leader this week offered similar or better promises to Islamist party leader than what he got from 'change bloc'

Yesha chairman tells ToI that Yamina, New Hope lawmakers assured him building in settlements will continue usual, even if annexation is off the table in a unity government

In 1st interview, PM-designate defends deal with Lapid; ‘My core vow was to get Israel out of the chaos’; retracts pre-election remarks that Ra'am's Abbas is ‘terror supporter’

Agreements between 8 parties represent a tapestry of policy arrangements aimed at pleasing the diverse and sometimes conflicting ideologies within the would-be-government

The PM will seek to pry defectors from the Bennett-Lapid coalition in a bid to prevent it taking office. If that fails, he'll fight it tooth and nail from the opposition

Many records will be broken if the Lapid-Bennett coalition is finally sworn in, from the most factions to the most journalists to the most ex-Netanyahu aides

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