Israel: Netanyahu and Gantz get supreme court nod for coalition

Rivals will alternate as prime minister with government to be sworn in on 13 May

Israel’s supreme court has approved the coalition agreement between the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Benny Gantz, paving the way for a unity government to be sworn in next week.

The country’s top court considered eight separate petitions from opponents of the pact at a hearing this week.

But it ruled “there was no legal reason to prevent the formation of a government” led by Netanyahu.

As the decision was delivered, Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party and the centrist Blue and White alliance led by Gantz said in a joint statement that the new government would be sworn in on 13 May.

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