[ NBC ] Netanyahu era ends in Israel as new government survives key parliament vote

An unlikely coalition that came together to oust Netanyahu survived a confidence vote in the Israeli parliament Sunday, overcoming the final hurdle on its path to unseating him and taking a fragile hold on power.

The new government will now be sworn in, sending Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party to the opposition for the first time in more than a decade.

To rub salt into Netanyahu’s wound, Naftali Bennett, his former protege and a right-wing leader, will serve as the next prime minister, holding office for the first two years of the new government’s term. He will then hand the role to Yair Lapid, the leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party.