Seven new lawmakers are sworn in to the Knesset making use of a recently passed law that enables ministers to give up their positions as MKs in order to enable a different member of their party to take their spot in parliament.
One of the MKs, Yorai Lahav-Hertzano joins the opposition instead of siding with the government.
MKs Michal Cotler-Wunsch, Einav Kabala, Hila Shay, and Tehila Friedman are all sworn in for the Blue and White party. Lahav-Hertzano, who has served as an MK for Blue and White in the past, joins Yesh Atid-Telem, the party’s former partner, in the opposition.
Another two MKs enter the Knesset, one for each of the two ultra-Orthodox parties Shas and United Torah Judaism.
MK Uriel Busso, the former deputy mayor of Petah Tikva, is sworn in as a replacement for Interior Minister Aryeh Deri of Shas.
Former MK Yitzhak Pindros returns to the Knesset as he is sworn in as a replacement for Deputy Education Minister Meir Porush.
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