Israeli PM Bennett leads last cabinet meeting
(26 Jun 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Jerusalem - 26 June 2022 1. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his cabinet sitting around table 2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Naftali Bennett, Israeli Prime Minister: "Ministers, thank you very much for the partnership, for the successful year we have done for the citizens of Israel and with God's help we will continue to do. Thank you very much." 3. Wide of meeting AUDIO ministers clapping 4. Close of Bennett 5. Various of meeting, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) to the left of Bennett 6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: "To my friend Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, I wish him success in a day or two." 7. Bennett arriving at cabinet meeting STORYLINE: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday for what is likely his last as premier. Parliament is expected to dissolve this week, triggering new elections expected in the fall. Bennett's decision to head to elections puts an end to an ambitious political project that united eight ideologically disparate parties to work together to oust former leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who now has an opening to return to lead the country. The elections, the fifth Israel has held in three years, deepen an unprecedented political crisis in Israel. At the meeting, Bennett listed a series of accomplishments under his government and thanked ministers. As part of the power-sharing agreement that brought Bennett to power, he is set to handover to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid once parliament is dissolved. Elections are expected around the end of October and Netanyahu's Likud party is expected to garner the most seats. But as in most rounds of voting during the current political turmoil, Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, has been unable to muster a majority to form a coalition government, with some of his traditional allies refusing to join forces with him. That could further extend the crisis after the upcoming vote. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
