At First Cabinet Meeting, Bennett, Lapid Vow To Work To Make New Government Last

Israel’s new government held a festive first cabinet meeting Sunday night following a historic Knesset vote swearing-in Naftali Bennett as prime minister and ousting Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years in office, with party leaders calling for “restraint” and “trust” to ensure the survival of the fledgling government.

Presiding over the meeting, held in the Knesset, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett opened his remarks with the “Shehechiyanu” prayer of thanksgiving. “We are at the start of new days,” he said, calling the establishment of a new government “a wonder.”

Bennett vowed that the new government would work to “mend the rift in the nation” after two years of political deadlock.

Stressing the wide range of views within the new coalition, Bennett urged his ministers to show “restraint” over the numerous ideological differences between the disparate parties to ensure its stability.

Read more at Times of Israel.

{Matzav.com}