Jerusalem: The opposition party leader Yair Lapid will form a coalition Government as Prime Minister of Israel in place of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s longest serving leader. Opposition leader Yair Lapid on Wednesday late night announced in his Facebook account, after a long time negotiations with a group of parties spanning the political spectrum.

All political parties united only in their desire to oust Netanyahu. The 120 members Knesset legislature in the coming days, it would end the long reign of the hawkish right wing leader known as Bibi, who has long dominated Israeli politics. I promise that this government will work in the service of all of the citizens of Israel, those who voted for it and those who did not, said Lapid after his elect.

The right wing nationalist tech millionaire Naftali Bennett (49) would serve first as prime minister in a rotation agreement, with Lapid to take over after two years. With the help of God we will do together what is good for Israel and we’ll get Israel back on track, Bennett told Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin after Lapid had informed Rivlin of their coalition.

The opposition leader and his partners now have at least a week before lawmakers must vote to confirm their Government a period during which Netanyahu and his Likud party are expected to try to do what they can to prevent it. Secular Centrist party Yesh Atid leader Lapid won the crucial support of Bennett, head of the Yamina Rightward party on last Sunday. Lapid had to sign individual agreements with seven parties to build the anti-Netanyahu bloc.

The parties include the hawkish New Hope party of Netanyahu’s former ally Gideon Saar, and Rightwing Secular Nationalist Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party. Also part of the alliance are the Labor party, the Dovish Meretz party, and the Centrist Blue and White party of Defence Minister Benny Gantz, who unsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu in three previous votes.