China News Agency, Beijing, June 14th. Comprehensive news: According to the "Times of Israel" report, on the 13th local time, Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Israeli Unity Right Alliance, was formally sworn in as Israeli Prime Minister, ending Netanya. Hu has been a prime minister for 12 consecutive years.
According to the “Times of Israel” report, on the 13th local time, Naftali Bennett, the leader of the United Right-Wing Alliance of Israel, was formally sworn in as Israeli Prime Minister, ending Netanyahu’s 12 consecutive years of prime ministerial career.
The data picture shows Netanyahu attending an event in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2018.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
On the 13th, the Knesset held a vote of confidence on the formation of a new government.
According to relevant Israeli laws, the new government received more than half of the votes to represent the success of the cabinet formation.
In the end, the 8-party coalition jointly led by Bennett and the leader of the "Have a Future" party Yail Rapide won 60 votes in favor, 59 votes against, and 1 abstention.
The parliament confirmed the success of the formation of the cabinet by a simple majority. The right-wing party Likud leader Netanyahu's 12 consecutive years of governance has come to an end. This is also the first time that the Israeli government has an Arab political party to participate.
The new prime minister Bennett is 49 years old and is the second youngest prime minister in Israel’s history.
According to the previous agreement between Bennett and Rapide, Bennett served as prime minister and Rapide served as alternate prime minister and minister of foreign affairs. Two years later, on August 27, the two positions will be rotated.
After the Prime Minister was sworn in, 28 ministers of the new government were sworn in successively, including a record 9 women.
Among the new ministers, only two Netanyahu cabinet ministers are temporarily retained, and the rest are newly appointed.
Among them, Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White party, Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the "Israel is our home" party, and Gideon Saar, leader of the New Hope party, serve as defense ministers and finance ministers, respectively. Minister and Minister of Justice.
At the first meeting of the new Israeli government held on the evening of the 13th, Bennett praised the formation of the new government as "a miracle."
After two years of domestic political stalemate, Bennett promised to "unify the Israelis" and "work hard to repair the rift in the country."
Since the new government has as many as eight parties, he specifically asked the ministers to maintain "restraint" against ideological differences between parties in order to maintain the stability of the government.
The Times of Israel stated that after a vote of confidence in the parliament, all members of the Netanyahu government immediately stood up and gave up their seats in the parliament.
Netanyahu shook hands with Bennett after leaving the prime minister's seat.
After the vote, the Likud Group issued a statement stating that Netanyahu will become the next leader of the opposition party, and that he will not participate in the traditional handover ceremony with Bennett at the prime minister’s residence, but on the 14th local time. Held a separate meeting with Bennett to formally hand over the post of Prime Minister.
The Associated Press reported that Netanyahu, 71, publicly stated that he had no intention of withdrawing from the political arena.
He said: "If becoming an opposition party is destined, then we will stand up against this dangerous government until we re-lead the country."
On March 23 this year, Israel held its fourth parliamentary election in two years.
In April, Israeli President Rivlin authorized Netanyahu to form a new government, but Netanyahu failed to form a cabinet before the deadline of midnight on May 4.
In May, Rivlin authorized Rapide to form a cabinet, and on the evening of June 2, Rapide announced the successful formation of a new government.
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