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Israel's 33rd government

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with UTJ's Meir Porush in the Knesset, on April 29, 2015, after the two parties signed a coalition agreement. To Netanyahu's right is UTJ leader Yaakov Litzman. (Courtesy, Likud Party)
May 7, 2015, 1:28 am
A glance at the challenges facing Israel’s new government
With slimmest of majorities, fourth Netanyahu government will encounter problems in addressing peace process, ultra-Orthodox draft
By AP
Incoming Education Minister Shai Piron with new Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Education Ministry ceremony marking the handover. (Photo credit: Sasson Tiram)
March 19, 2013, 5:26 pm
New Cabinet members assume ministerial responsibilities
‘It’s just too expensive here,’ says Economics Minister Naftali Bennett; at Education Ministry, Shai Piron speaks of Jewish, democratic, universal values
By Asher Zeiger
Ministers in Israel's 33rd government pose with President Peres, March 18, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2013, 3:49 pm
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
The Israeli press rejoices that it no longer has to report on coalition rumors… until next time
By Ilan Ben Zion
New Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon and his predecessor Ehud Barak shake hands with commanders at the ceremony in which Ya'alon replaced Barak. (photo credit: Flash 90).
March 19, 2013, 1:08 pm
Ministries celebrate changing of the guard
Members of Netanyahu’s outgoing Cabinet welcome their replacements in a series of ceremonies
By Asher Zeiger
Benjamin Netanyahu seen with Shas's Eli Yishai (back right) and United Torah Judaism's Yaakov Litzman (foreground) in the Knesset on March 18, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 19, 2013, 1:27 am
Excluded and threatened, ultra-Orthodox MKs turn bitter
Branding the new coalition shameful, evil and un-Jewish, Shas and United Torah Judaism quickly get the hang of feisty opposition politics
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset (photo credit: Knesset Channel)
March 18, 2013, 7:11 pm
PM says new government will pursue deal with Palestinians
Netanyahu comes under fire from opposition for right-wing views, but Labor head says she’ll support him if he’s serious about peace
By AP and Michal Shmulovich
March 18, 2013, 6:43 pm
Coalition talks over, faction heads wash away bad blood
Bennett vows to stand with Netanyahu, Lapid says Haredim will be taken care of and opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich wishes government luck
By ToI Staff
Yair Lapid swearing in as Finance Minister. (screenshot: Knesset Channel)
March 18, 2013, 2:39 pm
Knesset approves Netanyahu’s new government, ministers sworn in
PM says he’s ready for ‘historic’ deal with Palestinians; Labor: Those are ’empty promises’; Ultra-Orthodox MK: This is a ‘shameful’ coalition
By ToI Staff
The new Cabinet posing for a photo with President Shimon Peres, March 18. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 18, 2013, 11:45 am
Members of the new Israeli government
A who’s who of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s team
By Aaron Kalman
Former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a committee meeting at the Knesset in 2011 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 14, 2013, 2:40 pm
‘We did our best,’ Netanyahu tells faction meeting
Prime minister says foreign, defense ministries are the most important; Yuli Edelstein voted in as Knesset speaker
By Aaron Kalman
Ofer Shelah in the Knesset Plenum in February. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 14, 2013, 10:24 am
Guess who’s coming to the Cabinet table
A who’s who of the ministers, deputies and committee heads in Israel’s 33rd government
By Aaron Kalman
Netanyahu, on election night, surrounded by party members (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 25, 2013, 12:47 pm
The dirty art of coalition assembly
There is inherent tension between the right person for the ministerial job and the political expediency of the nomination
By Mitch Ginsburg
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