Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an impromptu press conference before the first government meeting • On the fight in Corona, Netanyahu said: "There is a strong desire to say it is over, but it is not."

• PM Netanyahu, today

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  Amos Ben Gershom, Knesset Spokeswoman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an impromptu press conference this evening (inauguration) following the inauguration of the government, and sent a message to his opponents. "If only I could count all those who have eulogized the 'Netanyahu era' over the years. Some of them are still alive by the way," Netanyahu said just before the first cabinet meeting in the Knesset.

Netanyahu also addressed the fight in Corona, warning against a second wave of morbidity: "I understand that there is a big discharge, that there is a desire to feel it is over, but it is not - the corona is not over yet." Regarding the Iranian threat, Netanyahu said: "As long as I am prime minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons."

Gantz: "The People Said His Speech"

Earlier, the Knesset pledged the establishment of Israel's 35th government, with a majority of 73 supporters against 46 opponents. This, after not less than 500 days, when there was no government in Israel credited with the Knesset members.

Apart from Prime Minister Netanyahu, who spoke, MK Bnei Gantz, Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, spoke: "We have gone through a great deal together and a complex and many more way before us," he said at the beginning of his remarks. Government in Israel. The end of the political crisis in the history of the country. It is time to end the era of redemption and division and begin the era of unity and reconciliation.

"We passed three election campaigns in a year and a half. The people said the same, leaving us leaders on both sides of the house two options: unity or type of civil war. The people said, stop fighting between you and start working for us.

"I, Prime Minister Netanyahu and 71 other public leaders have made a difficult decision. Citizens of Israel, we are still in the midst of a serious medical struggle with economic and social consequences on a historical scale in Israel and around the world. We are an absolute majority of Israeli citizens, first and foremost of all - the medical teams that mobilized and saved many people. We are required to guard against crowds, put on masks, we mourn the demise of hundreds of people who have passed away without having to say goodbye to their loved ones. "