BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu returns to power in Israel as new government is sworn in
has returned to the position of Israel's prime minister Thursday as a new governing coalition was sworn in.having held office from 2009 until 2021 and a stint in the 1990s.
That coalition broke apart in June, and Netanyahu and his Likud party won the most seats in November's election. His new right-wing coalition includes both nationalist and ultra-Orthodox parties. "These are the basic lines of the national government headed by me: The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the Land of Israel," Netanyahu tweeted Wednesday."The government will promote and develop settlement in all parts of the Land of Israel -- in the Galilee, the Negev, the Golan, Judea and Samaria."
Netanyahu also vowed to"protect the quality of the environment in Israel, to improve the quality of life of the country's residents and for Israel to participate in contributing to the global effort on climate and environmental issues," as well as"strengthen the security forces, and provide support to the fighters and the police to fight terrorism and defeat it.
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