New members of Israel's 26th parliament were sworn in on the 10th. The parliament held its first session on the same day. The new parliament consists of 120 members, of which 46 were elected for the first time. The right-wing faction led by caretaker Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lost a majority of seats in the parliamentary election held on October 27. The leader of the Integrity Party, Gadi Esenkot, said on the same day that more than 61 members of parliament had signed a petition requesting the removal of Amir Ohana, the current Speaker of Parliament from the Likud bloc, and nominate Mathan Kahana, a member of the Integrity Party to take over. Avigdor Lieberman, an important ally of Esenkot and leader of the “Israel is our home” party, is expected to chair the parliament's foreign affairs and defense committee. In his speech, Netanyahu said that Iran is “trying to restart the nuclear weapons process” and that the only way to eliminate this “threat” is to “overthrow the Iranian regime.” He once again called on all parties to form a “government of national unity” with him.

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