Netanyahu takes PM seat as Israel's new far-right government sworn in - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mazal Mualem

Mazal Mualem

Dec 29, 2022

AMIR COHEN/AFP via Getty Images — Right-wing Knesset members Itamar Ben-Gvir (2nd R) and Bezalel Smotrich (R) attend a special session at the Knesset to approve and swear in a new right-wing government, in Jerusalem on Dec. 29, 2022. — AMIR COHEN/AFP via Getty Images

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog (seated 2nd L) sits in front of Israel's veteran ex-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and next to outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid (seated 3rd L), as he poses with the heads of all parties of the 25th Knesset at the Marc Chagall hall in the Knesset building, after Israel swore in a new parliament, Jerusalem, Nov. 15, 2022.

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