Netanyahu to vacate official residence in three weeks

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Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to vacate the official residence and make way for his successor Naftali Bennett in three weeks. Bennett’s office announced on Saturday that both sides had agreed on a handover date, with Netanyahu and his family leaving the residence in Jerusalem on July 10. Until then, no official meetings are to be held. The official handover is to take place on July 11. Israeli daily Haaretz wrote that Bennett wanted to give Netanyahu and his family a “transition period,” as the former leader had lived at the residence for 12 years. Even after Bennett …

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