**Netanyahu Rivals Agree to Form New Government to Oust Israeli Leader** June 2, 2021 TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals agreed to form a coalition government that would dislodge the country’s longest-serving leader, a major political shake-up as the nation seeks to protect a fragile truce with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. If the government is sworn in within the next two weeks, Mr. Netanyahu would cede power to the most diverse coalition in Israel’s history, **including an independent Arab party for the first time.** https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-netanyahu-government-11622666936 The new coalition, dubbed the “change bloc,” is an ideologically broad alliance that spans the Israeli political right, center and left. **For the first time in Israeli history, it will include an Arab-Israeli party**, not as an external supporter of the government, but as a full member of the coalition. https://www.jta.org/2021/06/02/israel/netanyahus-opponents-announce-that-they-have-formed-a-coalition-to-replace-him The historic deal also includes a small Islamist party, the United Arab List, which would make it **the first Arab party ever to be part of a governing coalition**. https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-062e6baf13e774f30c4e697cb9f2d1f1 Diversity will be Israel's greatest strength. Israel is going into multicultural mode. Israel will no longer be a Jewish supremacist apartheid state. It's a huge transformation to make, which must take place.