{"id":1534877,"date":"2022-07-01T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534877"},"modified":"2022-07-01T11:05:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T15:05:49","slug":"israeli-foreign-minister-ascends-to-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-foreign-minister-ascends-to-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli foreign minister ascends to prime minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-foreign-minister-ascends-to-prime-minister%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1534877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2723489\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2723489\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2723489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AP22181298879014.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid react after a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament at the Knesset, Israel&#039;s parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Israel&#039;s parliament has voted to dissolve itself, sending the country to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2723489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid react after a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament at the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 30, 2022. Israel\u2019s parliament has voted to dissolve itself, sending the country to the polls for the fifth time in less than four years. (AP Photo\/Ariel Schalit)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 7:15 AM PT \u2013 Friday, July 1, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has officially stepped down from his position. In a ceremony Thursday, he handed the position over to the country\u2019s foreign minister \u2014 Yair Lapid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yairlapid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@YairLapid<\/a>, Israel\u2019s new Prime Minister, and thank you to Alternate Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naftalibennett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NaftaliBennett<\/a> for your friendship over the past year.  I look forward to seeing you both in July to celebrate the unbreakable U.S.-Israel partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1542613947848790018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lapid\u2019s ascension comes after the Israeli Parliament voted to dissolve themselves and the announcement of Bennett\u2019s retirement from politics. Additionally, as part of a coalition agreement, Lapid will continue to function as Israel\u2019s foreign minister alongside his new position.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis very special role and this state, it does not belong to one person, it belongs to all the people of Israel,\u201d Bennett stated. \u201cAnd I am passing to you this holy baton and the responsibility for the State of Israel, and I wish you that you will protect it and God will protect you.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid held a handover ceremony at the Prime Minister&#8217;s Office in Jerusalem<\/p>\n<p>An orderly and in-depth transition meeting was then held between outgoing PM Bennett and incoming PM Lapid<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EXunxEssgs\">https:\/\/t.co\/EXunxEssgs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qozGIrvO9e\">pic.twitter.com\/qozGIrvO9e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1542472926548598784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bennett delivered some remarks during the hand-off ceremony in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Israel will form a new cabinet in their November elections.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/russian-troops-exit-snake-island-allow-ukrainian-ports-to-operate\/\">Russian Troops Exit Snake Island, Allow Ukrainian Ports To Operate<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid react after a vote on a bill to dissolve the parliament at the Knesset, Israel\u2019s parliament, in Jerusalem, Thursday, June 30, 2022. 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