The 24th Knesset is poised to dissolve itself Wednesday, in a move that will mark the end of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s term in office.
The Knesset is slated to complete the passage of legislation dissolving itself Wednesday night, with the two final votes expected to pass without event, after the Coalition and Opposition reached an agreement on increased campaign funding for parties in the next election.
- The timing of this fall’s election has yet to be finalized, but has been narrowed down to either Tuesday, October 25th, or Tuesday November 1st, with the Opposition favoring the earlier date, and the Coalition pushing for the later date.
Once a date is selected for the new election and the Knesset dissolved, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will replace Bennett as prime minister, while Bennett becomes Alternate Prime Minister.
The swearing-in is expected to take place at midnight between Wednesday and Thursday, with a formal ceremony on Thursday.
- After being sworn in, Lapid will move to a private residence 200 yards away from the official Prime Minister’s Residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem. The official residence is currently being renovated.
Incoming Prime Minister Yair Lapid will move to Balfour Street in Jerusalem upon taking office, but he will not move into the official Prime Minister’s Residence, but into another building about 200 meters away, Channel 12 News reported.
This is a villa that once housed the Guatemalan embassy and several of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security guards during part of his tenure.
Lapid will stay on the second floor of the villa, which has only three rooms.
Today (Tuesday) carriers began moving objects from the official residence on Balfour st. to the villa and Shabak security personnel also began to examine the security arrangements in it to be ready for Lapid’s expected move-in date by the end of the weekend.
Source: Arutz Sheva