New Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett replaces Benjamin Netanyahu

NBC’s Kelly Cobiella joins ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ to discuss the changing Israeli government as new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett replaces Benjamin Netanyahu. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, approved its new government on Sunday — and a new prime minister for the first time in 12 years — in a razor-thin 60-59 vote. The vote, ringing in the leadership of a very diverse and cobbled-together coalition of right-wing, left-wing, centrist and Islamist parties, ousted Israel’s longest-serving leader Benjamin Netanyahu. It also spared Israel from the prospect of a fifth election in less than two years.
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