After more than a year with no elected government, most positions were divided and the coalition gets underway • All ministers, all candidates, this is what the coalition will look like if there are no surprises

• Knesset plenum, where the government will be sworn in // Photo: Haim Zach, GPO

After three election campaigns and weeks of negotiations, and if no last-minute surprise occurs, the 35th Israeli government will be sworn in Thursday, consisting of 36 ministers from five different parties. 

The State of Israel, along with the rest of the world, is experiencing a medical and economic crisis in historical proportions due to the spread of the Corona virus and thus a unity government and a national reconciliation emergency has been set up, which will work in the following areas,

And these are the basics: The Israeli government will set up an emergency cabinet to deal with all issues related to the Corona crisis. This cabinet will include the necessary actions in both the socio-economic and medical aspects. The new government will concentrate on the first steps needed to eradicate the epidemic, including the purchase of the necessary equipment, coordination between the various bodies and strengthening the public health system during the emergency period and in general. The government will lead a plan to exit the deep economic crisis, build and approve a state budget to meet the challenges posed by the epidemic.

The program will address issues of employment, support for the business, self-employed and third sectors. The government will devise a social-economic safety net for all citizens of the state and will formulate dedicated programs for addressing targeted populations in particularly difficult economic and social distress. The Government will work towards achieving these goals while strengthening the economy and accelerating growth through increasing labor productivity, encouraging investment, removing regulatory and bureaucratic barriers, promoting competition to increase competition and maintaining fiscal frameworks.

In addition, and believing that the Jewish people have an inviolable right to a sovereign state in Israel, the national and historical homeland of the Jewish people, the government will also address all issues relating to the peace, security and prosperity of Israel. Among the following areas:

The government will strengthen national security, strive for peace, ensure the safety and security of all citizens of the country, act resolutely to defeat any threat to the State of Israel and its residents, and strive for continuous improvement in the personal security of the citizen. The government will strive to reduce the social gaps in Israel and act to create equal opportunities for every citizen in Israel regardless of the community, gender and place of birth. The Government will work to strengthen the State of Israel's economy, increase productivity, encourage investment in the Israeli economy and increase competition to accelerate growth

The fourth section states that the government will act in a material and practical way to bridge all parts of the nation and the state and act in accordance with the concept of national reconciliation and for this purpose a cabinet of reconciliation will be established which will coordinate all actions in this area. The government will work to preserve the Jewish and democratic character of the state. 

6. The government will ensure that, in connection with Israel's heritage, the Jewish character of the state will be preserved, as well as respect the religions and traditions of the various religions in accordance with the values ​​of the Declaration of Independence. The government will emphasize the issue of immigration and absorption and will work diligently to increase immigration from all countries in the world and the successful absorption of immigrants. The government will work to strengthen the periphery, the Negev, the Galilee and the settlement in all parts of the country. The government will act to conduct conduct, discourse and actions in a state-by-state manner, law-abiding, respectful and unifying among all parts of Israeli society, even when there is disagreement.