🔸The 26th Knesset, Israel’s parliament, began work in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The new government has not yet been formed, and Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in office as prime minister in the meantime.

🔸Netanyahu once again called for the formation of a national unity government and said that Israel needs such a government to deal with external threats, including what he called the “nuclear threat of Iran.”

🔸His remarks were met with objections from some opposition lawmakers. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s former prime minister, interrupted his speech several times and asked why an official investigative committee into the October 7, 2023 attack by the extremist group Hamas has still not been formed. He also asked about the possible ties of Netanyahu’s advisers with Qatar and asked why Israel does not declare Qatar a “hostile country.”