JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn into Israel's new parliament on Tuesday following his victory in the Apr 9 elections and will seek to form a governing coalition in the days ahead.
Netanyahu's Likud party won 35 seats in the election, the same as his main opponents from the centrist Blue and White alliance, led by ex-military chief Benny Gantz. Rivlin in his speech before the new parliament urged lawmakers to move past the divisive election campaign.
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