The Israeli parliament on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, is set to choose the country's next president, a largely figurehead position that is meant to serve as the nation's moral compass and promote unity.
Yair Lapid, former finance minister and head of the centrist Yesh Atid party, led the charge against Netanyahu and joined with the right-wing Bennett.
Photographs were revealed this week showing President Biden apparently kneeling before Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his chief-of-staff, Rabbi Rebecca Ravitz.