Bennett & Lapid Unite to Oust Netanyahu

0:00It's April 26, Canada news today starts now, AI powered and ready. Two heavyweights in Israeli politics, Naftali Bennett and Yaya Yer Lapid just announced they're teaming up to take down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In the next elections, both former Prime Ministers, they're merging their parties into one new faction led by Bennett. This comes after their 2021 coalition that kicked Netanyahu out after 12 years in power. They had a rotation deal where Bennett ran things for the first year. Then Lapid stepped in as caretaker for the last six months before the government fell apart. Despite their differences, Bennett's and Orthodox hardliner on Palestinians, Lapid's more secular and moderate, they worked well together back then. Now, they're trying to rally a split opposition that mostly agrees on one thing, getting rid of Netanyahu. Lapid's yesh-outed party says this move ends internal fights and lasers in on winning those key votes.

1:00The two are holding a joint news conference today to lay it all out. With elections looming, this alliance could shake up the game and give Netanyahu's critics a real shot at unity.