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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Arwa Ibrahim

Israeli coalition becomes minority gov’t after legislator quits

Less than a year after taking office, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's governing coalition has lost its majority in parliament [File: Maya Alleruzzo/The Associated Press]

Jerusalem – Israel’s governing coalition has become a minority in parliament after lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi from the left-wing Meretz party quit.

Zoabi announced her resignation from the government to coalition leaders Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in a letter that was circulated on Israeli media on Thursday.

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