Status: 12/29/2022 4:21 p.m
In the election almost two months ago, Netanyahu’s Likud party, together with three other strictly religious to right-wing extremist parties, achieved a majority in parliament. Now the new government has been approved.
In Israel, Parliament has approved Benjamin Netanyahu’s new right-wing government. Barely two months after the election, 63 out of 120 MPs voted in favor of the new government in a vote of confidence.
Amir Ochana of Netanyahu’s right-wing conservative Likud party was elected the new speaker of the parliament. Then the individual coalition members were sworn in.
Netanyahu elected prime minister for the sixth time
Christian Limpert, ARD Tel Aviv, daily news at 4:00 p.m., December 29, 2022
After a year and a half, the former long-term President Netanyahu is back in power. The 73-year-old has now formed his sixth government. No one has been in power longer in Israel’s history.
A trial is currently underway against Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. He is suspected of influencing the media, negotiating deals with companies and accepting luxury gifts from business friends for political favors.
The fifth election in three and a half years
The opposition reacted with anger when Netanyahu presented the most important goals for the coming years. He announced that he would do everything “so that Iran does not destroy us with a nuclear bomb”. He also wants to work to ensure that his government concludes agreements with other Arab states in order to get closer.
The new government holds 64 seats in parliament. Half belongs to the Likud party, the other half to the extreme right-wing Religious-Zionist Alliance and two strictly religious parties. The election on November 1 of this year was the fifth in three and a half years.