The veteran leader has sought to calm concerns about the fate of civil rights and diplomacy since his bloc of nationalist and religious parties secured a parliamentary majority in a November 1 election.
on Thursday, December 29, as his hard-right cabinet was being sworn in with promises to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and to pursue other policies criticized at home and abroad.
Opponents heckled him with chants of “Weak! Weak!” They say Netanyahu had to make costly deals to secure new partners after centrist parties boycotted him over his legal woes. This year has already seen some of the worst West Bank violence since 2015 as Israeli forces have cracked down on Palestinian unrest and militant attacks.Such sentiments have been echoed within Israel, 21% of whose population are Arab and often identify with the Palestinians.
In parliamentary speeches before the swearing in, one of the Arab lawmakers, who have no representatives in the new cabinet, accused members of the incoming coalition of “fascism.”
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