Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Sunday, May 17, 2020
Gantz says new government brings end to ‘worst political crisis’ in Israel’s history
Benny Gantz, speaking after Netanyahu, says the swearing-in of the government ends the “worst political crisis in its history,” calling for an end to “the era of incitement” and a start to an “era of reconciliation.”
Repeatedly heckled by his former allies, now in the opposition, Gantz says the alternative to the government was “the brink of civil war.”
He says that the new coalition also brings an end to “government of just half of the people.”
This is “a government of all the people,” he says.
