Sputnik is livestreaming from Jerusalem where an inauguration ceremony for the new unity government is taking place.
The 35th Israeli government will be a coalition between the current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu from the right-wing party Likud, and Benny Gantz from the centrist party Blue and White.
Netanyahu is set to serve as the country's prime minister for 18 months and then he will be succeeded by Gantz.
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